diff --git a/pages/common/sed.md b/pages/common/sed.md
index 87c4d0b4fa..6e07a388d5 100644
--- a/pages/common/sed.md
+++ b/pages/common/sed.md
@@ -2,21 +2,21 @@
 
 > Run replacements based on regular expressions
 
-- replace all occurrences of a string in a file, and print the result
+- replace the first occurrence of a string in a file, and print the result
 
-`sed 's/{{find}}/{{replace}}/g' {{filename}}`
+`sed 's/{{find}}/{{replace}}/' {{filename}}`
 
-- replace all occurrences of a string in a file, and overwrite the file
+- replace all occurrences of a string in a file, overwriting the file
   contents
 
-`sed -i '' 's/{{find}}/{{replace}}/g' {{filename}}`
+`sed --in-place 's/{{find}}/{{replace}}/g' {{filename}}`
 
 - replace all occurrences of an extended regular expression in a file
 
-`sed -E 's/{{regex}}/{{replace}}/g' {{filename}}`
+`sed -r 's/{{regex}}/{{replace}}/g' {{filename}}`
 
-- replace all occurrences of multiple strings in a file
+- apply multiple find-replace expressions to a file
 
-`sed -e 's/{{find}}/{{replace}}/g' -e 's/{{find}}/{{replace}}/g' {{filename}}`
+`sed -e 's/{{find}}/{{replace}}/' -e 's/{{find}}/{{replace}}/' {{filename}}`