diff --git a/cmd/sync.go b/cmd/sync.go
index a856bbecbd9f..6ee7794f75f2 100644
--- a/cmd/sync.go
+++ b/cmd/sync.go
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ $ juicefs sync --exclude='a?/b*' s3://mybucket.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/ /mnt/
 # SRC: a1/b1,a2/b2,aaa/b1   DST: empty   sync result: a1/b1,aaa/b1
 $ juicefs sync --include='a1/b1' --exclude='a[1-9]/b*' s3://mybucket.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/ /mnt/jfs/
 
-# SRC: a1/b1,a2/b2,aaa/b1,b1,b2  DST: empty   sync result: a1/b1,b2
+# SRC: a1/b1,a2/b2,aaa/b1,b1,b2  DST: empty   sync result: b2
 $ juicefs sync --include='a1/b1' --exclude='a*' --include='b2' --exclude='b?' s3://mybucket.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/ /mnt/jfs/
 
 Details: https://juicefs.com/docs/community/administration/sync
diff --git a/docs/en/reference/command_reference.md b/docs/en/reference/command_reference.md
index aace5a6eed19..f06a9531b69c 100644
--- a/docs/en/reference/command_reference.md
+++ b/docs/en/reference/command_reference.md
@@ -884,7 +884,7 @@ juicefs sync --exclude='a?/b*' s3://mybucket.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/ jfs://M
 # SRC: a1/b1,a2/b2,aaa/b1   DST: empty   sync result: a1/b1,aaa/b1
 juicefs sync --include='a1/b1' --exclude='a[1-9]/b*' s3://mybucket.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/ jfs://META-URL/
 
-# SRC: a1/b1,a2/b2,aaa/b1,b1,b2  DST: empty   sync result: a1/b1,b2
+# SRC: a1/b1,a2/b2,aaa/b1,b1,b2  DST: empty   sync result: b2
 juicefs sync --include='a1/b1' --exclude='a*' --include='b2' --exclude='b?' s3://mybucket.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/ jfs://META-URL/
 ```