diff --git a/website/content/docs/commands/fmt.mdx b/website/content/docs/commands/fmt.mdx
index d082f9afc..e51ac116a 100644
--- a/website/content/docs/commands/fmt.mdx
+++ b/website/content/docs/commands/fmt.mdx
@@ -54,5 +54,5 @@ $ cat my-template.pkr.hcl | packer fmt -
 
 - `-` - 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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+- `-recursive` Also process files in subdirectories. By default, only the
+  given directory (or current directory) is processed.