diff --git a/content/authentication/troubleshooting-ssh/error-ssh-add-illegal-option----k.md b/content/authentication/troubleshooting-ssh/error-ssh-add-illegal-option----k.md
index 067e2d6ca0..e62f06f827 100644
--- a/content/authentication/troubleshooting-ssh/error-ssh-add-illegal-option----k.md
+++ b/content/authentication/troubleshooting-ssh/error-ssh-add-illegal-option----k.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ The `-K` option is in Apple's standard version of `ssh-add`, which stores the pa
 To add your SSH private key to the ssh-agent, you can specify the path to the Apple version of `ssh-add`:
 
 ```shell
-  $ /usr/bin/ssh-add -K ~/.ssh/id_rsa
+  $ /usr/bin/ssh-add -K ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
 ```
 
 {% note %}