diff --git a/pages/common/if.md b/pages/common/if.md
index 1844404df9..95108a4843 100644
--- a/pages/common/if.md
+++ b/pages/common/if.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 - Echo a different thing depending on a command's success:
 
-`{{command}} && echo "success" || echo "failure"`
+`if {{command}}; then echo "success"; else echo "failure"; fi`
 
 - Full if syntax: