diff --git a/docs/site-example/site.conf b/docs/site-example/site.conf
index 593d175de4d8817ffe0dbed02733f8c24d7f9a38..be1acd43ac20b648d47e4d5c684a9cb5227f1a49 100644
--- a/docs/site-example/site.conf
+++ b/docs/site-example/site.conf
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
   -- 32 bytes of random data, encoded in hexacimal
   -- Must be the same of all nodes in one mesh domain
-  -- Can be generated using: echo $(hexdump -n 32 -e '1/1 "%02x"' </dev/urandom)
+  -- Can be generated using: echo $(hexdump -v -n 32 -e '1/1 "%02x"' </dev/urandom)
   site_seed = 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx',
 
   -- Prefixes used within the mesh.
diff --git a/docs/user/site.rst b/docs/user/site.rst
index cab40aa2a74923bf78c0de9f8048940918bb14dd..b1f46e24c473bcd993911c505ff481177e86d805 100644
--- a/docs/user/site.rst
+++ b/docs/user/site.rst
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ site_seed
     The recommended way to generate a value for a new site is:
     ::
 
-        echo $(hexdump -n 32 -e '1/1 "%02x"' </dev/urandom)
+        echo $(hexdump -v -n 32 -e '1/1 "%02x"' </dev/urandom)
 
 prefix4 \: optional
     The IPv4 Subnet of your community mesh network in CIDR notation, e.g.