diff --git a/pages/common/printf.md b/pages/common/printf.md
index c22e650a20..845811d44d 100644
--- a/pages/common/printf.md
+++ b/pages/common/printf.md
@@ -22,3 +22,7 @@
 - Store a formatted message in a variable (does not work on zsh):
 
 `printf -v {{myvar}} {{"This is %s = %d\n" "a year" 2016}}`
+
+- Print a hexadecimal, octal and scientific number:
+
+`printf "{{hex=%x octal=%o scientific=%e}}" 0x{{FF}} 0{{377}} {{100000}}`