diff --git a/docs/sources/reference/commandline/cli.md b/docs/sources/reference/commandline/cli.md
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@@ -1068,14 +1068,22 @@ This will create a new Bash session in the container `ubuntu_bash`.
 
 ## export
 
-    Usage: docker export CONTAINER
+    Usage: docker export [OPTIONS] CONTAINER
 
-    Export the contents of a filesystem as a tar archive to STDOUT
+    Export the contents of a filesystem to a tar archive (streamed to STDOUT by default)
 
-For example:
+      -o, --output=""    Write to a file, instead of STDOUT
+
+      Produces a tarred repository to the standard output stream.
+
+   For example:
 
     $ sudo docker export red_panda > latest.tar
 
+   Or
+
+    $ sudo docker export --output="latest.tar" red_panda
+
 > **Note:**
 > `docker export` does not export the contents of volumes associated with the
 > container. If a volume is mounted on top of an existing directory in the