diff --git a/pages/common/pandoc.md b/pages/common/pandoc.md
index 301c65301..6dd755dcc 100644
--- a/pages/common/pandoc.md
+++ b/pages/common/pandoc.md
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 
 > General markup converter
 
-- Convert file to pdf
+- Convert file to pdf (the output format is automatically determined from the output file's extension)
 
-`pandoc -o {{output.pdf}} {{input.md}}`
+`pandoc {{input.md}} -o {{output.pdf}}`