diff --git a/akka-docs/rst/dev/multi-jvm-testing.rst b/akka-docs/rst/dev/multi-jvm-testing.rst
index 6fca38b5bf..1444f9ca61 100644
--- a/akka-docs/rst/dev/multi-jvm-testing.rst
+++ b/akka-docs/rst/dev/multi-jvm-testing.rst
@@ -227,20 +227,21 @@ You can define specific JVM options for each of the spawned JVMs. You do that by
 a file named after the node in the test with suffix ``.opts`` and put them in the same
 directory as the test.
 
-For example, to feed the JVM options ``-Dakka.remote.port=9991`` to the ``SampleMultiJvmNode1``
-let's create three ``*.opts`` files and add the options to them.
+For example, to feed the JVM options ``-Dakka.remote.port=9991`` and ``-Xmx256m`` to the ``SampleMultiJvmNode1``
+let's create three ``*.opts`` files and add the options to them. Separate multiple options with
+space. 
 
 ``SampleMultiJvmNode1.opts``::
 
-    -Dakka.remote.port=9991
+    -Dakka.remote.port=9991 -Xmx256m
 
 ``SampleMultiJvmNode2.opts``::
 
-    -Dakka.remote.port=9992
+    -Dakka.remote.port=9992 -Xmx256m
 
 ``SampleMultiJvmNode3.opts``::
 
-    -Dakka.remote.port=9993
+    -Dakka.remote.port=9993 -Xmx256m
 
 ScalaTest
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