diff --git a/docs/reference/commandline/ps.md b/docs/reference/commandline/ps.md
index 0e3335483b..328cac76b4 100644
--- a/docs/reference/commandline/ps.md
+++ b/docs/reference/commandline/ps.md
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ The currently supported filters are:
 * name (container's name)
 * exited (int - the code of exited containers. Only useful with `--all`)
 * status (created|restarting|running|paused|exited)
+* ancestor (`<image-name>[:<tag>]`,  `<image id>` or `<image@digest>`) - filters containers that were created from the given image or a descendant.
 
 
 #### Label
diff --git a/man/docker-ps.1.md b/man/docker-ps.1.md
index 0fdf7ccc93..5e21926d73 100644
--- a/man/docker-ps.1.md
+++ b/man/docker-ps.1.md
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ the running containers.
                           status=(created|restarting|running|paused|exited)
                           name=<string> - container's name
                           id=<ID> - container's ID
+                          ancestor=(<image-name>[:tag]|<image-id>|<image@digest>) - filters containers that were
+                          created from the given image or a descendant.
 
 **-l**, **--latest**=*true*|*false*
    Show only the latest created container, include non-running ones. The default is *false*.