diff --git a/pages/common/set.md b/pages/common/set.md
index 7246dbf393..8d76f95bb4 100644
--- a/pages/common/set.md
+++ b/pages/common/set.md
@@ -17,3 +17,7 @@
 - Set various options, e.g. enable `vi` style line editing:
 
 `set -o {{vi}}`
+
+- Set the shell to exit as soon as the first error is encountered (mostly used in scripts):
+
+`set -e`