diff --git a/pages/common/case.md b/pages/common/case.md
index 6f8d9fd1fc..6113198d28 100644
--- a/pages/common/case.md
+++ b/pages/common/case.md
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 
 - Match a variable against string literals to decide which command to run:
 
-`case {{$COUNTRULE}} in {{words}}) {{wc -w README}} ;; {{lines}}) {{wc -l README}} ;; esac`
+`case {{$COUNTRULE}} in {{words}}) {{wc --words README}} ;; {{lines}}) {{wc --lines README}} ;; esac`
 
 - Combine patterns with |, use * as a fallback pattern:
 
-`case {{$COUNTRULE}} in {{[wW]|words}}) {{wc -w README}} ;; {{[lL]|lines}}) {{wc -l README}} ;; *) {{echo "what?"}} ;; esac`
+`case {{$COUNTRULE}} in {{[wW]|words}}) {{wc --words README}} ;; {{[lL]|lines}}) {{wc --lines README}} ;; *) {{echo "what?"}} ;; esac`
 
 - Allow matching multiple patterns: