diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6e3e615..be30a29 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ steps:
     config: ${{ secrets.CONFIG }} # ssh_config; optional
     if_key_exists: fail # replace / ignore / fail; optional (defaults to fail)
 - name: rsync over ssh
-  run: rsync ./foo/ user@remote:bar/
+  run: rsync -av ./foo/ user@remote:bar/
 ```
 
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