diff --git a/pages/common/btop.md b/pages/common/btop.md
index dc88df547..5669d2d64 100644
--- a/pages/common/btop.md
+++ b/pages/common/btop.md
@@ -19,3 +19,7 @@
 - Start `btop` in 256-color mode instead of 24-bit color mode:
 
 `btop --low-color`
+
+- Set the update rate to 500 milliseconds:
+
+`btop --update 500`