diff --git a/pages/linux/locate.md b/pages/linux/locate.md
index af4834d44..ff8589a79 100644
--- a/pages/linux/locate.md
+++ b/pages/linux/locate.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 
 `locate {{pattern}}`
 
+- Look for a file by its exact filename (a pattern containing no globbing characters is interpreted as `*pattern*`):
+
+`locate */{{filename}}`
+
 - Recompute the database. You need to do it if you want to find recently added files:
 
 `sudo updatedb`
diff --git a/pages/osx/locate.md b/pages/osx/locate.md
index ebf217bbd..aaa66a987 100644
--- a/pages/osx/locate.md
+++ b/pages/osx/locate.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 
 `locate {{pattern}}`
 
+- Look for a file by its exact filename (a pattern containing no globbing characters is interpreted as `*pattern*`):
+
+`locate */{{filename}}`
+
 - Recompute the database. You need to do it if you want to find recently added files:
 
 `sudo /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb`