diff --git a/pages/linux/sort.md b/pages/linux/sort.md
index 04ecd0db90..b7986795bb 100644
--- a/pages/linux/sort.md
+++ b/pages/linux/sort.md
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
 
 `sort -r {{filename}}`
 
+- Sort a file using numeric rather than alphabetic order:
+
+`sort -n {{filename}}`
+
 - Sort the passwd file by the 3rd field, numerically:
 
 `sort -t: -k 3n /etc/passwd`