diff --git a/ctdb/doc/examples/config_migrate.sh b/ctdb/doc/examples/config_migrate.sh
index 8eefd031a79..d9d71da39a2 100755
--- a/ctdb/doc/examples/config_migrate.sh
+++ b/ctdb/doc/examples/config_migrate.sh
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ check_removed_option ()
 	_option="$1"
 
 	grep -Fqx "$_option" <<EOF
+CTDB_BASE
 CTDB_PIDFILE
 CTDB_SOCKET
 CTDB_EVENT_SCRIPT_DIR
diff --git a/ctdb/doc/examples/config_migrate.test_input b/ctdb/doc/examples/config_migrate.test_input
index 593ca4c697c..6c4b5a239f6 100644
--- a/ctdb/doc/examples/config_migrate.test_input
+++ b/ctdb/doc/examples/config_migrate.test_input
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+CTDB_BASE="/etc/ctdb"
+
 CTDB_RECOVERY_LOCK="/some/place/on/shared/storage"
 
 CTDB_NODES="/etc/ctdb/nodes"