diff --git a/pages/linux/tree.md b/pages/linux/tree.md
index 727d490d5e..5760024859 100644
--- a/pages/linux/tree.md
+++ b/pages/linux/tree.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 `tree -a`
 
-- Print the tree without indentation lines, showing the full path instead:
+- Print the tree without indentation lines, showing the full path instead (use `-N` to not escape whitespace and special characters):
 
 `tree -i -f`
 
diff --git a/pages/osx/tree.md b/pages/osx/tree.md
index ab84aee677..c48f29834d 100644
--- a/pages/osx/tree.md
+++ b/pages/osx/tree.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 `tree -a`
 
-- Print the tree without indentation lines, showing the full path instead:
+- Print the tree without indentation lines, showing the full path instead (use `-N` to not escape whitespace and special characters):
 
 `tree -i -f`