diff --git a/docs/reference/commandline/save.md b/docs/reference/commandline/save.md
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--- a/docs/reference/commandline/save.md
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@@ -53,6 +53,14 @@ $ docker save -o fedora-all.tar fedora
 $ docker save -o fedora-latest.tar fedora:latest
 ```
 
+### Save an image to a tar.gz file using gzip
+
+You can use gzip to save the image file and make the backup smaller.
+
+```bash
+docker save myimage:latest | gzip > myimage_latest.tar.gz
+```
+
 ### Cherry-pick particular tags
 
 You can even cherry-pick particular tags of an image repository.