diff --git a/dockerfiles/ubuntu/apim/README.md b/dockerfiles/ubuntu/apim/README.md
index 7b33b78f..64d2f238 100755
--- a/dockerfiles/ubuntu/apim/README.md
+++ b/dockerfiles/ubuntu/apim/README.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ git clone https://github.com/wso2/docker-apim.git
 - Navigate to `<AM_DOCKERFILE_HOME>` directory. <br>
   Execute `docker build` command as shown below.
 ```
-docker build -t wso2am:4.1.0
+docker build -t wso2am:4.1.0 .
 ```
     
 > By default, the Docker image will prepackage the General Availability (GA) release version of the relevant WSO2 product.