diff --git a/website/content/docs/commands/fmt.mdx b/website/content/docs/commands/fmt.mdx
index be66e3eda..d082f9afc 100644
--- a/website/content/docs/commands/fmt.mdx
+++ b/website/content/docs/commands/fmt.mdx
@@ -52,4 +52,7 @@ $ cat my-template.pkr.hcl | packer fmt -
 - `-write=false` - Don't write formatting changes to source files
   (always disabled if using -check)
 
-- `-` - read formatting changes from stdin and write them to stdout.
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+- `-` - read formatting changes from stdin and write them to stdout.
+
+- `recursive` Also process files in subdirectories. By default, only the
+  given directory (or current directory) is processed.
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