diff --git a/pages/common/sed.md b/pages/common/sed.md
index 8594dcaf68..d507542a4c 100644
--- a/pages/common/sed.md
+++ b/pages/common/sed.md
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@
 
 `sed -e 's/{{find}}/{{replace}}/' -e 's/{{find}}/{{replace}}/' {{filename}}`
 
-- Replace separator / by any other character not used in your string, e.g., #:
+- Replace separator / by any other character not used in the find or replace patterns, e.g., #:
 
 `sed 's#{{find}}#{{replace}}#' {{filename}}`
diff --git a/pages/osx/sed.md b/pages/osx/sed.md
index 1dff7a6c66..cd00dd308e 100644
--- a/pages/osx/sed.md
+++ b/pages/osx/sed.md
@@ -21,3 +21,7 @@
 - Apply multiple find-replace expressions to a file:
 
 `sed -e 's/{{find}}/{{replace}}/' -e 's/{{find}}/{{replace}}/' {{filename}}`
+
+- Replace separator / by any other character not used in the find or replace patterns, e.g., #:
+
+`sed 's#{{find}}#{{replace}}#' {{filename}}`