diff --git a/pages/common/tar.md b/pages/common/tar.md
index f9cb7717f..56271dbf4 100644
--- a/pages/common/tar.md
+++ b/pages/common/tar.md
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@
 
 - list the contents of a tar file
 
-`tar -tvf {{source.tar}}`
+`tar tvf {{source.tar}}`