diff --git a/pages/common/cp.md b/pages/common/cp.md
index 0190aa9596..e15d849038 100644
--- a/pages/common/cp.md
+++ b/pages/common/cp.md
@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@
 
 `cp -r {{path/to/source/folder/*}} {{path/to/target/folder}}`
 
-- Interactively copy text files in the current directory to another location:
+- Copy text files to another location, in interactive mode (prompts user before overwriting):
 
 `cp -i {{*.txt}} {{path/to/source/}}