diff --git a/docs/backtesting.md b/docs/backtesting.md
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--- a/docs/backtesting.md
+++ b/docs/backtesting.md
@@ -53,8 +53,9 @@ python3 ./freqtrade/main.py backtesting --datadir freqtrade/tests/testdata-20180
 
 **With a (custom) strategy file**
 ```bash
-python3 ./freqtrade/main.py backtesting -s your-strategy-filename-without-py-extention
+python3.6 ./freqtrade/main.py -s currentstrategy backtesting
 ```
+Where `-s currentstrategy` refers to a filename `currentstrategy.py` in `freqtrade/user_data/strategies`
 
 **Exporting trades to file**
 ```bash