diff --git a/pages/common/rsync.md b/pages/common/rsync.md
index 82f389ab52..379f742dcc 100644
--- a/pages/common/rsync.md
+++ b/pages/common/rsync.md
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 # rsync
 
 > Transfer files either to or from a remote host (but not between two remote hosts), by default using SSH.
-> To specify a remote path, use `host:path/to/file_or_directory`.
+> To specify a remote path, use `user@host:path/to/file_or_directory`.
 > More information: <https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/rsync.1>.
 
 - Transfer a file:
 
 `rsync {{path/to/source}} {{path/to/destination}}`
 
-- Use archive mode (recursively copy directories, copy symlinks without resolving and preserve permissions, ownership and modification times):
+- Use archive mode (recursively copy directories, copy symlinks without resolving, and preserve permissions, ownership and modification times):
 
 `rsync --archive {{path/to/source}} {{path/to/destination}}`
 
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@
 
 `rsync --recursive {{path/to/source}}/ {{path/to/destination}}`
 
-- Recursively copy directories, use archive mode, resolve symlinks and skip files that are newer on the destination:
+- Use archive mode, resolve symlinks and skip files that are newer on the destination:
 
-`rsync --recursive --archive --update --copy-links {{path/to/source}} {{path/to/destination}}`
+`rsync --archive --update --copy-links {{path/to/source}} {{path/to/destination}}`
 
 - Transfer a directory to a remote host running `rsyncd` and delete files on the destination that do not exist on the source: