diff --git a/pages/common/cut.md b/pages/common/cut.md
index 609142dba..a2605507a 100644
--- a/pages/common/cut.md
+++ b/pages/common/cut.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 - Cut out everything from the 3rd character to the end of each line:
 
-`cut -c{{3-}}`
+`cut -c {{3-}}`
 
 - Cut out the fifth field of each line, using a colon as a field delimiter (default delimiter is tab):