diff --git a/bin/ls/ls.1 b/bin/ls/ls.1
index 3327f4d488a..959b1e3ea25 100644
--- a/bin/ls/ls.1
+++ b/bin/ls/ls.1
@@ -363,9 +363,15 @@ The following is how to do an
 .Nm
 listing sorted by size (and shows why
 .Nm
-does not need this functionality).
+does not need a separate option for this):
 .Pp
-.Dl "% ls -l | sort [-r] -n +4"
+.Dl "ls -l | sort -n +4"
+.Pp
+Additionally, you may want to use the
+.Fl r
+flag to
+.Xr sort 1
+to get the results sorted from largest to smallest (a reverse sort).
 .Sh DIAGNOSTICS
 The
 .Nm