diff --git a/pages/common/zip.md b/pages/common/zip.md
index 7750484b8..b0e9db56b 100644
--- a/pages/common/zip.md
+++ b/pages/common/zip.md
@@ -13,3 +13,7 @@
 - Remove unwanted files from an existing zip file:
 
 `zip -d {{compressed.zip}} "{{foo/*.tmp}}"`
+
+- Remove unwanted files from target dirs:
+
+`zip -r {{compressed.zip}} {{target_dirs}} -x \*.git\* \*node_modules\* ...`