diff --git a/pages/common/rsync.md b/pages/common/rsync.md
index a88c6d03fd..bfc802ea33 100644
--- a/pages/common/rsync.md
+++ b/pages/common/rsync.md
@@ -31,6 +31,6 @@
 
 `rsync -e ssh --delete {{remote_host}}:{{path/to/remote_file}} {{path/to/local_file}}`
 
-- Transfer file over SSH and show global progress:
+- Transfer file over SSH using a different port than the default and show global progress:
 
-`rsync -e ssh --info=progress2 {{remote_host}}:{{path/to/remote_file}} {{path/to/local_file}}`
+`rsync -e 'ssh -p {{port}}' --info=progress2 {{remote_host}}:{{path/to/remote_file}} {{path/to/local_file}}`