diff --git a/pages/common/last.md b/pages/common/last.md
index ef670573a7..b03e1054ca 100644
--- a/pages/common/last.md
+++ b/pages/common/last.md
@@ -10,18 +10,18 @@
 
 `last -n {{login_count}}`
 
-- View full login times and dates:
+- Print the full date and time for entries and then display the hostname column last to prevent truncation:
 
-`last -F`
+`last -F -a`
 
-- View the last login by a specific user:
+- View all logins by a specific user and show the ip address instead of the hostname:
 
-`last {{user_name}}`
+`last {{user_name}} -i`
 
-- View the last reboot (last login of the pseudo user reboot):
+- View all recorded reboots (i.e., the last logins of the pseudo user "reboot"):
 
 `last reboot`
 
-- View the last shutdown (last login of the pseudo user shutdown):
+- View all recorded shutdowns (i.e., the last logins of the pseudo user "shutdown"):
 
 `last shutdown`
diff --git a/pages/common/sendmail.md b/pages/common/sendmail.md
index 36194db499..74d2a0b543 100644
--- a/pages/common/sendmail.md
+++ b/pages/common/sendmail.md
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
 
 - Send a message with the content of message.txt to the mail folder of local user `user_name`:
 
-`sendmail user_name < message.txt`
+`sendmail {{user_name}} < {{message.txt}}`
 
-- Send an email from you@yourdomain.com (assuming your local mail server is configured for this) to test@gmail.com containing the message in `message.txt`:
+- Send an email from you@yourdomain.com (assuming the mail server is configured for this) to test@gmail.com containing the message in `message.txt`:
 
-`sendmail -f test@gmail.com you@yourdomain.com < message.txt`
+`sendmail -f {{you@yourdomain.com}} {{test@gmail.com}} < {{message.txt}}`
 
-- Send an email from you@yourdomain.com (assuming your local mail server is configured for this) to test@gmail.com containing the file `file.zip`:
+- Send an email from you@yourdomain.com (assuming the mail server is configured for this) to test@gmail.com containing the file `file.zip`:
 
-`sendmail -f test@gmail.com you@yourdomain.com < file.zip`
+`sendmail -f {{you@yourdomain.com}} {{test@gmail.com}} < {{file.zip}}`