diff --git a/pages/common/b2sum.md b/pages/common/b2sum.md
index 8b50ace942..2f38d7519a 100644
--- a/pages/common/b2sum.md
+++ b/pages/common/b2sum.md
@@ -11,10 +11,18 @@
 
 `b2sum {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}}`
 
-- Read a file of BLAKE2 sums and filenames and verify all files have matching checksums:
-
-`b2sum -c {{path/to/file.b2}}`
-
 - Calculate the BLAKE2 checksum from stdin:
 
 `{{some_command}} | b2sum`
+
+- Read a file of BLAKE2 sums and filenames and verify all files have matching checksums:
+
+`b2sum --check {{path/to/file.b2}}`
+
+- Only show a message for missing files or when verification fails:
+
+`b2sum --check --quiet {{path/to/file.b2}}`
+
+- Only show a message for files for which verification fails, ignoring missing files:
+
+`b2sum --ignore-missing --check --quiet {{path/to/file.b2}}`
diff --git a/pages/common/md5sum.md b/pages/common/md5sum.md
index 03f222ed1a..803f40736e 100644
--- a/pages/common/md5sum.md
+++ b/pages/common/md5sum.md
@@ -11,10 +11,18 @@
 
 `md5sum {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/filen2}}`
 
-- Read a file of MD5SUMs and verify all files have matching checksums:
-
-`md5sum -c {{path/to/file.md5}}`
-
 - Calculate a MD5 checksum from the standard input:
 
 `echo "{{text}}" | md5sum`
+
+- Read a file of MD5SUMs and verify all files have matching checksums:
+
+`md5sum --check {{path/to/file.md5}}`
+
+- Only show a message for missing files or when verification fails:
+
+`md5sum --check --quiet {{path/to/file.md5}}`
+
+- Only show a message for files for which verification fails, ignoring missing files:
+
+`md5sum --ignore-missing --check --quiet {{path/to/file.md5}}`
diff --git a/pages/common/sha1sum.md b/pages/common/sha1sum.md
index 0d5b7eccac..35140ded3f 100644
--- a/pages/common/sha1sum.md
+++ b/pages/common/sha1sum.md
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
 
 `sha1sum --check {{path/to/file.sha1}}`
 
-- Only show a message for files for which verification fails:
+- Only show a message for missing files or when verification fails:
 
 `sha1sum --check --quiet {{path/to/file.sha1}}`
+
+- Only show a message for files for which verification fails, ignoring missing files:
+
+`sha1sum --ignore-missing --check --quiet {{path/to/file.sha1}}`
diff --git a/pages/common/sha224sum.md b/pages/common/sha224sum.md
index fd731c4d9e..3ac360fec9 100644
--- a/pages/common/sha224sum.md
+++ b/pages/common/sha224sum.md
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
 
 `sha224sum --check {{path/to/file.sha224}}`
 
-- Only show a message for files for which verification fails:
+- Only show a message for missing files or when verification fails:
 
 `sha224sum --check --quiet {{path/to/file.sha224}}`
+
+- Only show a message for files for which verification fails, ignoring missing files:
+
+`sha224sum --ignore-missing --check --quiet {{path/to/file.sha224}}`
diff --git a/pages/common/sha256sum.md b/pages/common/sha256sum.md
index 4b987dd097..ae2cba63c3 100644
--- a/pages/common/sha256sum.md
+++ b/pages/common/sha256sum.md
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
 
 `sha256sum --check {{path/to/file.sha256}}`
 
-- Only show a message for files for which verification fails:
+- Only show a message for missing files or when verification fails:
 
 `sha256sum --check --quiet {{path/to/file.sha256}}`
+
+- Only show a message for files for which verification fails, ignoring missing files:
+
+`sha256sum --ignore-missing --check --quiet {{path/to/file.sha256}}`
diff --git a/pages/common/sha384sum.md b/pages/common/sha384sum.md
index ba4578f341..5d32958d40 100644
--- a/pages/common/sha384sum.md
+++ b/pages/common/sha384sum.md
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
 
 `sha384sum --check {{path/to/file.sha384}}`
 
-- Only show a message for files for which verification fails:
+- Only show a message for missing files or when verification fails:
 
 `sha384sum --check --quiet {{path/to/file.sha384}}`
+
+- Only show a message for files for which verification fails, ignoring missing files:
+
+`sha384sum --ignore-missing --check --quiet {{path/to/file.sha384}}`
diff --git a/pages/common/sha512sum.md b/pages/common/sha512sum.md
index 7f7e290d8d..25f640e81e 100644
--- a/pages/common/sha512sum.md
+++ b/pages/common/sha512sum.md
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
 
 `sha512sum --check {{path/to/file.sha512}}`
 
-- Only show a message for files for which verification fails:
+- Only show a message for missing files or when verification fails:
 
 `sha512sum --check --quiet {{path/to/file.sha512}}`
+
+- Only show a message for files for which verification fails, ignoring missing files:
+
+`sha512sum --ignore-missing --check --quiet {{path/to/file.sha512}}`