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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ buttons used to navigate the list are similar to `less`. here are the keys you c
 
 `~nebula/bink this is my post!` or `~nebula/bink "this is also a post!"` will write all the words passed into it as a post for everyone else to see
 
-`~nebula/bink --pipe`: allow standard input to be the post body, eg. `echo "hello world!" | ~nebula/bink pipe`
+`~nebula/bink --pipe`: allow standard input to be the post body, eg. `echo "hello world!" | ~nebula/bink --pipe`
 
 `~nebula/bink --dump`: dumps all post data to a json object