diff --git a/pages/common/dd.md b/pages/common/dd.md
index 1bad41808..4f92a4262 100644
--- a/pages/common/dd.md
+++ b/pages/common/dd.md
@@ -1,28 +1,24 @@
 # dd
 
 > Convert and copy a file.
-> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/dd>.
+> More information: <https://manned.org/man/dd.1p>.
 
-- Make a bootable USB drive from an isohybrid file (such like `archlinux-xxx.iso`):
+- Make a bootable USB drive from an isohybrid file (such as `archlinux-xxx.iso`):
 
 `dd if={{path/to/file.iso}} of=/dev/{{usb_drive}}`
 
-- Clone a drive to another drive with 4 MiB block and ignore error:
+- Clone a drive to another drive with 4 MiB block size and flush writes before the command terminates:
 
-`dd if=/dev/{{source_drive}} of=/dev/{{dest_drive}} bs={{4194304}} conv={{noerror}}`
+`dd bs={{4194304}} conv={{fsync}} if=/dev/{{source_drive}} of=/dev/{{dest_drive}}`
 
-- Generate a file of 100 random bytes by using kernel random driver:
+- Generate a file with a specific number of random bytes by using kernel random driver:
 
-`dd if=/dev/urandom of={{path/to/random_file}} bs={{100}} count={{1}}`
+`dd bs={{100}} count={{1}} if=/dev/urandom of={{path/to/random_file}}`
 
-- Benchmark the write performance of a disk:
+- Benchmark the sequential write performance of a disk:
 
-`dd if=/dev/zero of={{path/to/file_1GB}} bs={{1024}} count={{1000000}}`
+`dd bs={{1024}} count={{1000000}} if=/dev/zero of={{path/to/file_1GB}}`
 
-- Generate a system backup into an IMG file:
+- Create a system backup and save it into an IMG file (can be restored later by swapping `if` and `of`):
 
 `dd if={{/dev/drive_device}} of={{path/to/file.img}}`
-
-- Restore a drive from an IMG file:
-
-`dd if={{path/to/file.img}} of={{/dev/drive_device}}`
diff --git a/pages/linux/dd.md b/pages/linux/dd.md
index ee8464260..02b22516a 100644
--- a/pages/linux/dd.md
+++ b/pages/linux/dd.md
@@ -3,29 +3,25 @@
 > Convert and copy a file.
 > More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/dd>.
 
-- Make a bootable USB drive from an isohybrid file (such like `archlinux-xxx.iso`) and show the progress:
+- Make a bootable USB drive from an isohybrid file (such as `archlinux-xxx.iso`) and show the progress:
 
-`dd if={{path/to/file.iso}} of={{/dev/usb_drive}} status=progress`
+`dd status=progress if={{path/to/file.iso}} of={{/dev/usb_drive}}`
 
-- Clone a drive to another drive with 4 MiB block, ignore error and show the progress:
+- Clone a drive to another drive with 4 MiB block size and flush writes before the command terminates:
 
-`dd if={{/dev/source_drive}} of={{/dev/dest_drive}} bs={{4M}} conv={{noerror}} status=progress`
+`dd bs={{4M}} conv={{fsync}} if={{/dev/source_drive}} of={{/dev/dest_drive}}`
 
-- Generate a file of 100 random bytes by using kernel random driver:
+- Generate a file with a specific number of random bytes by using kernel random driver:
 
-`dd if=/dev/urandom of={{path/to/random_file}} bs={{100}} count={{1}}`
+`dd bs={{100}} count={{1}} if=/dev/urandom of={{path/to/random_file}}`
 
 - Benchmark the write performance of a disk:
 
-`dd if=/dev/zero of={{path/to/file_1GB}} bs={{1024}} count={{1000000}}`
+`dd bs={{1M}} count={{1000000}} if=/dev/zero of={{path/to/file_1GB}}`
 
-- Generate a system backup into an IMG file and show the progress:
+- Create a system backup and save it into an IMG file (can be restored later by swapping `if` and `of`):
 
-`dd if={{/dev/drive_device}} of={{path/to/file.img}} status=progress`
-
-- Restore a drive from an IMG file and show the progress:
-
-`dd if={{path/to/file.img}} of={{/dev/drive_device}} status=progress`
+`dd if={{/dev/drive_device}} of={{path/to/file.img}}`
 
 - Check the progress of an ongoing dd operation (run this command from another shell):