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@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ ABI can be set using `gst-full-libraries` option.
 glib-2.0, gobject-2.0 and gstreamer-1.0 are always included.
 
 ```
-meson --default-library=static -Dgst-full-libraries=app,video builddir
+meson setup --default-library=static -Dgst-full-libraries=gstreamer-app-1.0,gstreamer-video-1.0 builddir
 ```
 
 GStreamer *1.18* requires applications using gstreamer-full-1.0 to initialize