diff --git a/tools/crd-bumper/README.md b/tools/crd-bumper/README.md
index 0f84238..80d0087 100644
--- a/tools/crd-bumper/README.md
+++ b/tools/crd-bumper/README.md
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ The following example will vendor the new `v1beta2` API we created above for lus
 
 ```console
 DEST_REPO=git@github.com:NearNodeFlash/nnf-sos.git
-vendor-new-api.py -r $DEST_REPO --hub-ver v1alpha3  --vendor-hub-ver v1beta2 --module github.com/NearNodeFlash/lustre-fs-operator --version master
+vendor-new-api.py -r $DEST_REPO --hub-ver v1alpha3 --vendor-hub-ver v1beta2 --module github.com/NearNodeFlash/lustre-fs-operator --version master
 ```
 
 The repository with its new API will be found under a directory named `workingspace/nnf-sos`.
diff --git a/tools/crd-bumper/vendor-new-api.py b/tools/crd-bumper/vendor-new-api.py
index f6d79c0..b471aa9 100755
--- a/tools/crd-bumper/vendor-new-api.py
+++ b/tools/crd-bumper/vendor-new-api.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ def main():
 
     if args.branch is None:
         bn = os.path.basename(args.module)
-        args.branch = f"api-{bn}-{args.hub_ver}"
+        args.branch = f"api-{bn}-{args.vendor_hub_ver}"
     if args.this_branch:
         print("Continuing work in current branch")
     else: