diff --git a/pages/common/lwp-request.md b/pages/common/lwp-request.md
index 3764d27ac..3e0dc8dc0 100644
--- a/pages/common/lwp-request.md
+++ b/pages/common/lwp-request.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 - Upload a file with a POST request:
 
-`cat {{path/to/file}} | lwp-request -m POST {{http://example.com/some/path}}`
+`lwp-request -m POST {{http://example.com/some/path}} < {{path/to/file}}`
 
 - Make a request with a custom user agent: