diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/core_commands/tutor.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/core_commands/tutor.rs
index 738777874b..a5c585328b 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/core_commands/tutor.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/core_commands/tutor.rs
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ ls | each {|x| $x.name}
 ```
 The above will create a list of the filenames in the directory.
 ```
-if true { echo "it's true" } { echo "it's not true" }
+if true { echo "it's true" } else { echo "it's not true" }
 ```
 This `if` call will run the first block if the expression is true, or the
 second block if the expression is false.
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/filters/sort_by.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/filters/sort_by.rs
index 7ac14590fa..4e88f4e8a3 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/filters/sort_by.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/filters/sort_by.rs
@@ -97,6 +97,27 @@ impl Command for SortBy {
                     span: Span::test_data(),
                 }),
             },
+            Example {
+                description: "Sort a table by its column (reversed order)",
+                example: "[[fruit count]; [apple 9] [pear 3] [orange 7]] | sort-by fruit -r",
+                result: Some(Value::List {
+                    vals: vec![
+                        Value::test_record(
+                            vec!["fruit", "count"],
+                            vec![Value::test_string("pear"), Value::test_int(3)],
+                        ),
+                        Value::test_record(
+                            vec!["fruit", "count"],
+                            vec![Value::test_string("orange"), Value::test_int(7)],
+                        ),
+                        Value::test_record(
+                            vec!["fruit", "count"],
+                            vec![Value::test_string("apple"), Value::test_int(9)],
+                        ),
+                    ],
+                    span: Span::test_data(),
+                }),
+            },
         ]
     }