diff --git a/pages/common/tcpdump.md b/pages/common/tcpdump.md
index 315441fb1d..b8c902e5b4 100644
--- a/pages/common/tcpdump.md
+++ b/pages/common/tcpdump.md
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@
 
 `sudo tcpdump {{[-i|--interface]}} {{eth0}}`
 
-- Capture all TCP traffic showing contents (ASCII) in console:
+- Capture all TCP traffic showing contents ([A]SCII) in console:
 
-`tcpdump -A tcp`
+`sudo tcpdump -A tcp`
 
 - Capture the traffic from or to a host:
 
-`tcpdump host {{www.example.com}}`
+`sudo tcpdump host {{www.example.com}}`
 
 - Capture the traffic from a specific interface, source, destination and destination port:
 
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@
 
 - Capture the traffic of a network:
 
-`tcpdump net {{192.168.1.0/24}}`
+`sudo tcpdump net {{192.168.1.0/24}}`
 
-- Capture all traffic except traffic over port 22 and save to a dump file:
+- Capture all traffic except traffic over port 22 and [w]rite to a dump file:
 
-`tcpdump -w {{dumpfile.pcap}} port not {{22}}`
+`sudo tcpdump -w {{dumpfile.pcap}} port not {{22}}`
 
-- Read from a given dump file:
+- [r]ead from a given dump file:
 
 `tcpdump -r {{dumpfile.pcap}}`