diff --git a/pages/common/touch.md b/pages/common/touch.md
index d8c7c0c7ba..0991d738f2 100644
--- a/pages/common/touch.md
+++ b/pages/common/touch.md
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@
 
 - Set the timestamp by parsing a string:
 
-`touch {{[-d|--date]}} "{{last year|5 hours|next thursday|nov 14|...}} {{path/to/file}}`
+`touch {{[-d|--date]}} "{{last year|5 hours|next thursday|nov 14|...}}" {{path/to/file}}`