diff --git a/docs/sources/reference/commandline/cli.rst b/docs/sources/reference/commandline/cli.rst
index f1c24f1920..69b4956347 100644
--- a/docs/sources/reference/commandline/cli.rst
+++ b/docs/sources/reference/commandline/cli.rst
@@ -881,10 +881,19 @@ Known Issues (kill)
 
 ::
 
-    Usage: docker load < repository.tar
+    Usage: docker load 
 
-    Loads a tarred repository from the standard input stream.
-    Restores both images and tags.
+    Load an image from a tar archive on STDIN
+
+      -i, --input"": Read from a tar archive file, instead of STDIN
+
+Loads a tarred repository from the standard input stream.
+Restores both images and tags.
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+   $ sudo docker load < busybox.tar
+   $ sudo docker load --input busybox.tar
 
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