diff --git a/common/tar.md b/common/tar.md
index 82f1788198..c0ba1b1635 100644
--- a/common/tar.md
+++ b/common/tar.md
@@ -14,3 +14,7 @@
 - extract an archive in a target folder
 
 `tar xf {{source.tar}} -C {{folder}}`
+
+- extract a gzipped archive in the current directory
+
+`tar xzf {{source.tar.gz}}`