diff --git a/TESTING.asciidoc b/TESTING.asciidoc
index 82350c1f4715..186ac155000d 100644
--- a/TESTING.asciidoc
+++ b/TESTING.asciidoc
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ When running Elasticsearch with `./gradlew run`, assertions are enabled by
 default. To disable them, add the following command line option:
 
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--Dtests.jvm.argline="-da"
+-Dtests.jvm.argline="-da -dsa"
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 ==== Distribution