diff --git a/pages/common/seq.md b/pages/common/seq.md
index 6fca217792..9b644934a6 100644
--- a/pages/common/seq.md
+++ b/pages/common/seq.md
@@ -13,3 +13,7 @@
 - Separate the output with a space instead of a newline:
 
 `seq -s " " 5 3 20`
+
+- Format the output with (4 digit) zero padding:
+
+`seq --format "%04g" 5 3 20`