diff --git a/docs/general/networking/fail2ban.md b/docs/general/networking/fail2ban.md
index 5e2e4a664..7e1b08909 100644
--- a/docs/general/networking/fail2ban.md
+++ b/docs/general/networking/fail2ban.md
@@ -84,5 +84,5 @@ sudo systemctl status fail2ban
 Assuming you've at least one failed authentication attempt, you can test this new jail with `fail2ban-regex`:
 
 ```bash
-fail2ban-regex /path_to_logs/*.log /etc/fail2ban/filter.d/jellyfin.conf --print-all-matched
+sudo fail2ban-regex /path_to_logs/*.log /etc/fail2ban/filter.d/jellyfin.conf --print-all-matched
 ```