diff --git a/pages/common/rename.md b/pages/common/rename.md
index 4affd41edc..041e4ee9ea 100644
--- a/pages/common/rename.md
+++ b/pages/common/rename.md
@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@
 
 `rename -n {{'s/foo/bar/'}} {{\*}}`
 
-- Convert filenames to lower case:
+- Force renaming even if the operation would overwrite existing files:
+
+`rename -f {{'s/foo/bar/'}} {{\*}}`
+
+- Convert filenames to lower case (use `-f` in case-insensitive filesystems to prevent "already exists" errors):
 
 `rename 'y/A-Z/a-z/' {{\*}}`