diff --git a/book/02-git-basics/sections/aliases.asc b/book/02-git-basics/sections/aliases.asc
index fd442420b..2c9c7c020 100644
--- a/book/02-git-basics/sections/aliases.asc
+++ b/book/02-git-basics/sections/aliases.asc
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ This makes the following two commands equivalent:
 [source,console]
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 $ git unstage fileA
-$ git reset HEAD fileA
+$ git reset HEAD -- fileA
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 This seems a bit clearer.