diff --git a/pages/common/rsync.md b/pages/common/rsync.md
index 3f015c6022..69605fcf07 100644
--- a/pages/common/rsync.md
+++ b/pages/common/rsync.md
@@ -19,3 +19,7 @@
 - transfer a directory and all its children from a remote to local
 
 `rsync -r mike@devbox:~/projects/cakeStore /Users/mike/devProjects/`
+
+- transfer file over SSH and show progress 
+
+`rsync -e ssh --progress {{remote_host_name}}:{{remote_file}} {{local_file}}`