diff --git a/pages/common/zip.md b/pages/common/zip.md
index 8116355449..f27371c0de 100644
--- a/pages/common/zip.md
+++ b/pages/common/zip.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 - Archive a directory and its contents with the highest level [9] of compression:
 
-`zip -r -9 {{compressed.zip}} {{/path/to/dir}}`
+`zip -r -{{9}} {{compressed.zip}} {{/path/to/dir}}`
 
 - Package and compress multiple directories and files: