diff --git a/salt/modules/file.py b/salt/modules/file.py
index e5fc67c42d..8ca6ab9796 100644
--- a/salt/modules/file.py
+++ b/salt/modules/file.py
@@ -2932,7 +2932,7 @@ def manage_file(name,
 
     .. code-block:: bash
 
-        salt '*' file.manage_file /etc/httpd/conf.d/httpd.conf '{}' salt://http/httpd.conf '{hash_type: 'md5', 'hsum': <md5sum>}' root root '755' base ''
+        salt '*' file.manage_file /etc/httpd/conf.d/httpd.conf '' '{}' salt://http/httpd.conf '{hash_type: 'md5', 'hsum': <md5sum>}' root root '755' base ''
 
     .. versionchanged:: Helium
         ``follow_symlinks`` option added