diff --git a/doc/man/salt.7 b/doc/man/salt.7
index 9aeea5ca96..36abebbcd4 100644
--- a/doc/man/salt.7
+++ b/doc/man/salt.7
@@ -31876,6 +31876,7 @@ something like this:
 /opt/code/flask:
   file.recurse:
     \- source: salt://code/flask
+    \- include_empty: True
 .ft P
 .fi
 .INDENT 0.0