diff --git a/pages/common/scp.md b/pages/common/scp.md
index 804029a6b..3c1de2207 100644
--- a/pages/common/scp.md
+++ b/pages/common/scp.md
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
 
 `scp {{remote_host}}:{{path/to/remote_file}} {{path/to/local_dir}}`
 
-- Recursively copy the contents of a directory on a remote host to a local directory:
+- Recursively copy the contents of a directory from a remote host to a local directory:
 
-`scp -r {{path/to/local_dir}} {{remote_host}}:{{path/to/remote_dir}}`
+`scp -r {{remote_host}}:{{path/to/remote_dir}} {{path/to/local_dir}}`
 
 - Copy a file between two remote hosts transferring through the local host: