diff --git a/pages/common/grep.md b/pages/common/grep.md
index b30471d873..91c241099f 100644
--- a/pages/common/grep.md
+++ b/pages/common/grep.md
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@
 
 `grep --{{context|before-context|after-context}}={{3}} "{{search_pattern}}" {{path/to/file}}`
 
-- Print file name and line number for each match:
+- Print file name and line number for each match with color output:
 
-`grep --with-filename --line-number "{{search_pattern}}" {{path/to/file}}`
+`grep --with-filename --line-number --color=always "{{search_pattern}}" {{path/to/file}}`
 
 - Search for lines matching a pattern, printing only the matched text: