diff --git a/pages/common/lz4.md b/pages/common/lz4.md
index 7742a3842f..81b2697d48 100644
--- a/pages/common/lz4.md
+++ b/pages/common/lz4.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 - Decompress and unpack a directory and its contents:
 
-`lz4 -d {{dir.tar.lz4}} | tar -xv`
+`lz4 -dc {{dir.tar.lz4}} | tar -xv`
 
 - Compress a file using the best compression: