diff --git a/pages/common/mktemp.md b/pages/common/mktemp.md
index ae419823b6..3db073a11f 100644
--- a/pages/common/mktemp.md
+++ b/pages/common/mktemp.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 - Create a temporary directory and return the absolute path to it:
 
-`mktemp --directory`
+`mktemp -d`
 
 - Create a temporary file with a specified suffix: