diff --git a/pages/osx/split.md b/pages/osx/split.md
index 43bffa05b4..48d78c821f 100644
--- a/pages/osx/split.md
+++ b/pages/osx/split.md
@@ -14,3 +14,7 @@
 - Split a file with 512 bytes in each split (except the last split; use 512k for kilobytes and 512m for megabytes):
 
 `split -b {{512}} {{filename}}`
+
+- Split a file into 5 files. File is split such that each split has same size (except the last split):
+
+`split -n {{5}} {{filename}}`