diff --git a/pages/common/parallel.md b/pages/common/parallel.md
index 5b076b8f9..9377f35c3 100644
--- a/pages/common/parallel.md
+++ b/pages/common/parallel.md
@@ -33,4 +33,4 @@
 
 - Print the jobs which `parallel` is running in `stderr`:
 
-`parallel -t {{command}}`
+`parallel -t {{command}} ::: {{args}}`