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@@ -156,18 +156,18 @@ And finally, merge the rule implementation in your analyzer repository.
 ==== Generate/Update rule metadata for the analyzer
 
 * Download the last version of https://github.com/SonarSource/sonar-rule-api[rule-api].
-* call `gh_generate` if you are adding a rule, or `gh_update` if you just want the last specification version.
+* call `generate` if you are adding a rule, or `update` if you just want the last specification version.
 
 Example:
 [source,shell]
 ----
-$ java -jar rule-api-1.24.3.jar gh_generate -rule S4328
+$ java -jar rule-api-1.24.3.jar generate -rule S4328
 # or
-$ java -jar rule-api-1.24.3.jar gh_update
+$ java -jar rule-api-1.24.3.jar update
 ----
 
 NOTE: If you generate rules in an empty directory,
-you have to run `gh_update` immediately after,
+you have to run `update` immediately after,
 because rule-api relies on the files in the directory to determine the covered set of rules
 when generating the deprecation notes for superseded rules.