diff --git a/pages/common/pdflatex.md b/pages/common/pdflatex.md
index ebc195c278..9448c2e544 100644
--- a/pages/common/pdflatex.md
+++ b/pages/common/pdflatex.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 
 `pdflatex {{source.tex}}`
 
+- Compile a pdf document specifying an output directory:
+
+`pdflatex -output-directory={{path/to/directory}} {{source.tex}}`
+
 - Compile a pdf document, halting on each error:
 
 `pdflatex -halt-on-error {{source.tex}}`