diff --git a/pages/common/sha1sum.md b/pages/common/sha1sum.md
index edf30c84d..3b5abe15c 100644
--- a/pages/common/sha1sum.md
+++ b/pages/common/sha1sum.md
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
 
 `sha1sum {{filename1}} {{filename2}}`
 
+- Calculate and save the list of SHA1 checksums to a file
+
+`sha256sum {{filename1}} {{filename2}} > {{filename.sha1}}`
+
 - Read a file of SHA1 sums and verify all files have matching checksums:
 
 `sha1sum --check {{filename.sha1}}`
diff --git a/pages/common/sha224sum.md b/pages/common/sha224sum.md
index 222ad5bdc..f08ce8cc7 100644
--- a/pages/common/sha224sum.md
+++ b/pages/common/sha224sum.md
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
 
 `sha224sum {{filename1}} {{filename2}}`
 
+- Calculate and save the list of SHA224 checksums to a file
+
+`sha256sum {{filename1}} {{filename2}} > {{filename.sha224}}`
+
 - Read a file of SHA224 sums and verify all files have matching checksums:
 
 `sha224sum --check {{filename.sha224}}`
diff --git a/pages/common/sha256sum.md b/pages/common/sha256sum.md
index e63bf956c..fb539ea52 100644
--- a/pages/common/sha256sum.md
+++ b/pages/common/sha256sum.md
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
 
 `sha256sum {{filename1}} {{filename2}}`
 
+- Calculate and save the list of SHA256 checksums to a file
+
+`sha256sum {{filename1}} {{filename2}} > {{filename.sha256}}`
+
 - Read a file of SHA256 sums and verify all files have matching checksums:
 
 `sha256sum --check {{filename.sha256}}`
diff --git a/pages/common/sha384sum.md b/pages/common/sha384sum.md
index 8bcad578a..5e52f8554 100644
--- a/pages/common/sha384sum.md
+++ b/pages/common/sha384sum.md
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
 
 `sha384sum {{filename1}} {{filename2}}`
 
+- Calculate and save the list of SHA384 checksums to a file
+
+`sha256sum {{filename1}} {{filename2}} > {{filename.sha384}}`
+
 - Read a file of SHA384 sums and verify all files have matching checksums:
 
 `sha384sum --check {{filename.sha384}}`
diff --git a/pages/common/sha512sum.md b/pages/common/sha512sum.md
index 9b967d5b1..2d9530060 100644
--- a/pages/common/sha512sum.md
+++ b/pages/common/sha512sum.md
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
 
 `sha512sum {{filename1}} {{filename2}}`
 
+- Calculate and save the list of SHA512 checksums to a file
+
+`sha256sum {{filename1}} {{filename2}} > {{filename.sha512}}`
+
 - Read a file of SHA512 sums and verify all files have matching checksums:
 
 `sha512sum --check {{filename.sha512}}`
diff --git a/pages/common/shasum.md b/pages/common/shasum.md
index 1a3339f2f..ef16a644c 100644
--- a/pages/common/shasum.md
+++ b/pages/common/shasum.md
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
 
 `shasum --algorithm 512 {{filename1}} {{filename2}}`
 
+- Calculate and save the list of SHA256 checksums to a file
+
+`shasum --algorithm 256 {{filename1}} {{filename2}} > {{filename.sha256}}`
+
 - Check a file with a list of sums against the directory's files:
 
 `shasum --check {{list_file}}`