diff --git a/doc/tips/automatically_adding_metadata.mdwn b/doc/tips/automatically_adding_metadata.mdwn
index c3f50bb39f..f2a3bc02d9 100644
--- a/doc/tips/automatically_adding_metadata.mdwn
+++ b/doc/tips/automatically_adding_metadata.mdwn
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ like photos, mp3s, etc.
 Now any fields you list in metadata.extract to will be extracted and
 stored when files are committed.
 
-To get a list of all possible fields, run: `extract -L | sed ' ' _`
+To get a list of all possible fields, run: `extract -L | sed ' '`
 
 By default, if a git-annex already has a metadata field for a file,
 its value will not be overwritten with metadata taken from files.