diff --git a/landing-page/content/common/releases/how-to-verify-a-release.md b/landing-page/content/common/releases/how-to-verify-a-release.md
index 82cccc247..bdb81a101 100644
--- a/landing-page/content/common/releases/how-to-verify-a-release.md
+++ b/landing-page/content/common/releases/how-to-verify-a-release.md
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ gpg --verify apache-iceberg-{{% icebergVersion %}}.tar.gz.asc
 ### Verifying Checksums
 
 ```bash
-shasum -a 512 apache-iceberg-{{% icebergVersion %}}.tar.gz.sha512
+shasum -a 512 --check apache-iceberg-{{% icebergVersion %}}.tar.gz.sha512
 ```
 
 ### Verifying License Documentation