diff --git a/components/cli/docs/sources/reference/builder.md b/components/cli/docs/sources/reference/builder.md
index fa7393efa3..90862334ef 100644
--- a/components/cli/docs/sources/reference/builder.md
+++ b/components/cli/docs/sources/reference/builder.md
@@ -154,6 +154,12 @@ Exclusion patterns match files or directories relative to the source repository
 that will be excluded from the context. Globbing is done using Go's
 [filepath.Match](http://golang.org/pkg/path/filepath#Match) rules.
 
+> **Note**:
+> The `.dockerignore` file can even be used to ignore the `Dockerfile` and
+> `.dockerignore` files. This might be useful if you are copying files from
+> the root of the build context into your new containter but do not want to 
+> include the `Dockerfile` or `.dockerignore` files (e.g. `ADD . /someDir/`).
+
 The following example shows the use of the `.dockerignore` file to exclude the
 `.git` directory from the context. Its effect can be seen in the changed size of
 the uploaded context.