diff --git a/docs/generated/packages/nest/generators/service.json b/docs/generated/packages/nest/generators/service.json
index d99968b5131123..4c8543e37ccf04 100644
--- a/docs/generated/packages/nest/generators/service.json
+++ b/docs/generated/packages/nest/generators/service.json
@@ -9,10 +9,15 @@
     "cli": "nx",
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
+      "path": {
+        "description": "Path where the service will be generated.",
+        "type": "string",
+        "$default": { "$source": "argv", "index": 0 },
+        "x-prompt": "Where should the service be generated?"
+      },
       "name": {
         "description": "The name of the service.",
         "type": "string",
-        "$default": { "$source": "argv", "index": 0 },
         "x-prompt": "What name would you like to use?"
       },
       "skipFormat": {
@@ -34,7 +39,7 @@
       }
     },
     "additionalProperties": false,
-    "required": ["name"],
+    "required": ["path"],
     "presets": []
   },
   "description": "Run the `service` NestJS generator with Nx project support.",
diff --git a/packages/nest/src/generators/service/schema.json b/packages/nest/src/generators/service/schema.json
index 382b2bb99593c9..3755f64e98cd63 100644
--- a/packages/nest/src/generators/service/schema.json
+++ b/packages/nest/src/generators/service/schema.json
@@ -6,13 +6,18 @@
   "cli": "nx",
   "type": "object",
   "properties": {
-    "name": {
-      "description": "The name of the service.",
+    "path": {
+      "description": "Path where the service will be generated.",
       "type": "string",
       "$default": {
         "$source": "argv",
         "index": 0
       },
+      "x-prompt": "Where should the service be generated?"
+    },
+    "name": {
+      "description": "The name of the service.",
+      "type": "string",
       "x-prompt": "What name would you like to use?"
     },
     "skipFormat": {
@@ -34,5 +39,5 @@
     }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false,
-  "required": ["name"]
+  "required": ["path"]
 }