diff --git a/pages/common/z.md b/pages/common/z.md
index b7f21f7770..978f978975 100644
--- a/pages/common/z.md
+++ b/pages/common/z.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 - Remove the current directory from `z`'s database:
 
-`z -x .`
+`z -x`
 
 - Restrict matches to subdirectories of the current directory: