diff --git a/docs/reference/commandline/version.md b/docs/reference/commandline/version.md
index e6b8fbf148..1f41854746 100644
--- a/docs/reference/commandline/version.md
+++ b/docs/reference/commandline/version.md
@@ -69,6 +69,14 @@ $ docker version --format '{{.Server.Version}}'
 19.03.8
 ```
 
+### Get the client API version
+
+```console
+$ docker version --format '{{.Client.APIVersion}}'
+
+1.41
+```
+
 ### Dump raw JSON data
 
 ```console