diff --git a/pages/common/wc.md b/pages/common/wc.md
index 6a7096433..81a0ccb1b 100644
--- a/pages/common/wc.md
+++ b/pages/common/wc.md
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@
 
 `wc -l {{file}}`
 
-- Count bytes in file:
+- Count words in file:
+
+`wc -w {{file}}`
+
+- Count characters (bytes) in file:
 
 `wc -c {{file}}`