diff --git a/pages/common/ls.md b/pages/common/ls.md
index 22647e6a95..ae81525b47 100644
--- a/pages/common/ls.md
+++ b/pages/common/ls.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 - List files in [l]ong format, sorted by [S]ize (descending) recursively:
 
-`ls {{-lSR|-lS --recursive}}`
+`ls {{[-lSR|-lS --recursive]}}`
 
 - List files in [l]ong format, sorted by [t]ime the file was modified and in reverse order (oldest first):