diff --git a/pages/common/rmdir.md b/pages/common/rmdir.md
index 28c3e32e52..a9c6ddc3a7 100644
--- a/pages/common/rmdir.md
+++ b/pages/common/rmdir.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 > Removes a directory.
 
-- Remove directory, provided it is empty. Use `rm` to remove not empty directories:
+- Remove directory, provided it is empty. Use `rm -r` to remove non-empty directories:
 
 `rmdir {{path/to/directory}}`