diff --git a/docs/plugins/export.rst b/docs/plugins/export.rst
index 4809df58b..d548a5e66 100644
--- a/docs/plugins/export.rst
+++ b/docs/plugins/export.rst
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ your library. For example, run this::
 
 to print a JSON file containing information about your Beatles tracks.
 
+
 Command-Line Options
 --------------------
 
@@ -38,7 +39,12 @@ The ``export`` command has these command-line options:
 
 * ``--append``: Appends the data to the file instead of writing.
 
-* ``--format`` or ``-f``: Specifies the format of the exported data. If not informed, JSON will be used.
+* ``--format`` or ``-f``: Specifies the format the data will be exported as. If not informed, JSON will be used by default.
+  For example::
+
+      $ beet export -f csv beatles
+      $ beet export -f json beatles
+      $ beet export -f xml beatles
 
 Configuration
 -------------