diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing-usb.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing-usb.section.md
index adfe22ea2f00..3b9e2f492f04 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing-usb.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing-usb.section.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ select the image, select the USB flash drive and click "Write".
 4. Then use the `dd` utility to write the image to the USB flash drive.
 
   ```ShellSession
-  sudo dd if=<path-to-image> of=/dev/sdX bs=4M conv=fsync
+  sudo dd bs=4M conv=fsync oflag=direct status=progress if=<path-to-image> of=/dev/sdX
   ```
 
 ## Creating bootable USB flash drive from a Terminal on macOS {#sec-booting-from-usb-macos}