diff --git a/docs/generated/packages/nest/generators/guard.json b/docs/generated/packages/nest/generators/guard.json
index 20921b3958443..689e354e2c156 100644
--- a/docs/generated/packages/nest/generators/guard.json
+++ b/docs/generated/packages/nest/generators/guard.json
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
       }
     },
     "additionalProperties": false,
-    "required": ["name"],
+    "required": ["path"],
     "presets": []
   },
   "description": "Run the `guard` NestJS generator with Nx project support.",
diff --git a/docs/generated/packages/nest/generators/interceptor.json b/docs/generated/packages/nest/generators/interceptor.json
index 8f25cf08a5b84..f456859882db1 100644
--- a/docs/generated/packages/nest/generators/interceptor.json
+++ b/docs/generated/packages/nest/generators/interceptor.json
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
       }
     },
     "additionalProperties": false,
-    "required": ["name"],
+    "required": ["path"],
     "presets": []
   },
   "description": "Run the `interceptor` NestJS generator with Nx project support.",
diff --git a/packages/nest/src/generators/guard/schema.json b/packages/nest/src/generators/guard/schema.json
index 32217e7496149..4a1ef99e4356d 100644
--- a/packages/nest/src/generators/guard/schema.json
+++ b/packages/nest/src/generators/guard/schema.json
@@ -39,5 +39,5 @@
     }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false,
-  "required": ["name"]
+  "required": ["path"]
 }
diff --git a/packages/nest/src/generators/interceptor/schema.json b/packages/nest/src/generators/interceptor/schema.json
index 91fa7edc33eea..20a16606a3d81 100644
--- a/packages/nest/src/generators/interceptor/schema.json
+++ b/packages/nest/src/generators/interceptor/schema.json
@@ -39,5 +39,5 @@
     }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false,
-  "required": ["name"]
+  "required": ["path"]
 }
diff --git a/packages/nest/src/generators/utils/normalize-options.ts b/packages/nest/src/generators/utils/normalize-options.ts
index 50bba69f812c8..a17980124001d 100644
--- a/packages/nest/src/generators/utils/normalize-options.ts
+++ b/packages/nest/src/generators/utils/normalize-options.ts
@@ -10,16 +10,18 @@ export async function normalizeOptions(
   tree: Tree,
   options: NestGeneratorOptions
 ): Promise<NormalizedOptions> {
-  const { directory, fileName } =
+  const { directory, artifactName } =
     await determineArtifactNameAndDirectoryOptions(tree, {
       name: options.name,
       path: options.path,
     });
 
+  options.path = undefined; // Now that we have `directory` we don't need `path`
+
   return {
     ...options,
     flat: true,
-    name: fileName,
+    name: artifactName,
     skipFormat: options.skipFormat,
     sourceRoot: directory,
   };