diff --git a/doc/source/getting_started/installing.rst b/doc/source/getting_started/installing.rst
index f607028fdd..fb8a0463f9 100644
--- a/doc/source/getting_started/installing.rst
+++ b/doc/source/getting_started/installing.rst
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Installation from binary tarball files
 
 ::
 
-    tar -xvf apache-cassandra-3.6-bin.tar.gz
+    tar -xzvf apache-cassandra-3.6-bin.tar.gz
 
 The files will be extracted into ``apache-cassandra-3.6``, you need to substitute 3.6 with the release number that you
 have downloaded.