diff --git a/pages/common/base64.md b/pages/common/base64.md
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 > Encode or decode file or standard input to/from Base64, to standard output.
 > More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/base64>.
 
-- Encode a file:
+- Encode the contents of a file as base64 and write the result to stdout:
 
 `base64 {{filename}}`
 
-- Decode a file:
+- Decode the base64 contents of a file and write the result to stdout:
 
 `base64 --decode {{filename}}`