rsync question about a directory

i went ahead and used rsync to back up a root directory called /files my exact commands were rsync -avzh /files willc66@server.com:/backup inside my /files directory, i had 2 sub directories "home and images"

my question is, why didnt it copy /files directory as well? it just sent over the sub directories inside /backup

so my goal was to make it look like this

/backup -> /files -> home ->-> and -> images

shouldn't that command have sent over the "/files" directory as well instead of just the 2 sub directories inside?