diff --git a/docs/sources/reference/commandline/cli.md b/docs/sources/reference/commandline/cli.md
index a1d73c9b5a..1b4a650357 100644
--- a/docs/sources/reference/commandline/cli.md
+++ b/docs/sources/reference/commandline/cli.md
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ you refer to it on the command line.
     Create a new image from a container's changes
 
       -a, --author=""     Author (e.g., "John Hannibal Smith <hannibal@a-team.com>")
-      -c, --change=[]     Apply a modification in Dockerfile format before committing the image
+      -c, --change=[]     Apply specified Dockerfile instructions while committing the image
       -m, --message=""    Commit message
       -p, --pause=true    Pause container during commit
 
@@ -709,7 +709,12 @@ while the image is committed. This reduces the likelihood of
 encountering data corruption during the process of creating the commit.
 If this behavior is undesired, set the 'p' option to false.
 
-#### Commit an existing container
+The `--change` option will apply `Dockerfile` instructions to the image
+that is created.
+Supported `Dockerfile` instructions: `CMD`, `ENTRYPOINT`, `ENV`, `EXPOSE`,
+`ONBUILD`, `USER`, `VOLUME`, `WORKDIR`
+
+#### Commit a container
 
     $ sudo docker ps
     ID                  IMAGE               COMMAND             CREATED             STATUS              PORTS
@@ -721,7 +726,7 @@ If this behavior is undesired, set the 'p' option to false.
     REPOSITORY                        TAG                 ID                  CREATED             VIRTUAL SIZE
     SvenDowideit/testimage            version3            f5283438590d        16 seconds ago      335.7 MB
 
-#### Commit an existing container with new configurations
+#### Commit a container with new configurations
 
     $ sudo docker ps
     ID                  IMAGE               COMMAND             CREATED             STATUS              PORTS
@@ -1151,11 +1156,18 @@ NOTE: Docker will warn you if any containers exist that are using these untagged
 	tarball (.tar, .tar.gz, .tgz, .bzip, .tar.xz, .txz) into it, then
 	optionally tag it.
 
+      -c, --change=[]     Apply specified Dockerfile instructions while importing the image
+
 URLs must start with `http` and point to a single file archive (.tar,
 .tar.gz, .tgz, .bzip, .tar.xz, or .txz) containing a root filesystem. If
 you would like to import from a local directory or archive, you can use
 the `-` parameter to take the data from `STDIN`.
 
+The `--change` option will apply `Dockerfile` instructions to the image
+that is created.
+Supported `Dockerfile` instructions: `CMD`, `ENTRYPOINT`, `ENV`, `EXPOSE`,
+`ONBUILD`, `USER`, `VOLUME`, `WORKDIR`
+
 #### Examples
 
 **Import from a remote location:**
@@ -1174,6 +1186,10 @@ Import to docker via pipe and `STDIN`.
 
     $ sudo tar -c . | sudo docker import - exampleimagedir
 
+**Import from a local directory with new configurations:**
+
+    $ sudo tar -c . | sudo docker import --change "ENV DEBUG true" - exampleimagedir
+
 Note the `sudo` in this example – you must preserve
 the ownership of the files (especially root ownership) during the
 archiving with tar. If you are not root (or the sudo command) when you