diff --git a/pages/common/stow.md b/pages/common/stow.md
index e1c3f612eb..e182cf51e6 100644
--- a/pages/common/stow.md
+++ b/pages/common/stow.md
@@ -7,20 +7,20 @@
 
 - Symlink all files recursively to a given directory:
 
-`stow {{[-t|--target]}} {{path/to/target_directory}} {{file1 directory1 file2 directory2}}`
+`stow {{[-t|--target]}} {{path/to/target_directory}} {{path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...}}`
 
 - Delete symlinks recursively from a given directory:
 
-`stow {{[-D|--delete]}} {{[-t|--target]}} {{path/to/target_directory}} {{file1 directory1 file2 directory2}}`
+`stow {{[-D|--delete]}} {{[-t|--target]}} {{path/to/target_directory}} {{path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...}}`
 
 - Simulate to see what the result would be like:
 
-`stow {{[-n|--simulate]}} {{[-t|--target]}} {{path/to/target_directory}} {{file1 directory1 file2 directory2}}`
+`stow {{[-n|--simulate]}} {{[-t|--target]}} {{path/to/target_directory}} {{path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...}}`
 
 - Delete and resymlink:
 
-`stow {{[-R|--restow]}} {{[-t|--target]}} {{path/to/target_directory}} {{file1 directory1 file2 directory2}}`
+`stow {{[-R|--restow]}} {{[-t|--target]}} {{path/to/target_directory}} {{path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...}}`
 
 - Exclude files matching a `regex`:
 
-`stow --ignore={{regex}} {{[-t|--target]}} {{path/to/target_directory}} {{file1 directory1 file2 directory2}}`
+`stow --ignore={{regex}} {{[-t|--target]}} {{path/to/target_directory}} {{path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...}}`