diff --git a/solr/solr-ref-guide/src/command-line-utilities.adoc b/solr/solr-ref-guide/src/command-line-utilities.adoc
index 2e5c192f6d6..83be37205d4 100644
--- a/solr/solr-ref-guide/src/command-line-utilities.adoc
+++ b/solr/solr-ref-guide/src/command-line-utilities.adoc
@@ -154,33 +154,3 @@ Unlike the CLUSTERPROP command on the <<cluster-node-management.adoc#clusterprop
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 ./server/scripts/cloud-scripts/zkcli.sh -zkhost 127.0.0.1:2181 -cmd clusterprop -name urlScheme -val https
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-
-=== Export Data from a Collection to a File
-
-This command downloads documents from all shards in parallel and write the documents to a single file. The supported format are `jsonl` and `javabin`.
-
-Arguments are:
-
-`-url`:: (Required) The URL of the collection.
-
-`-out`:: (Optional) Name of the file to write to. default file name is `<collection-name>.json`. If the file name ends with `.json.gz` , the output is a zip file of JSON.
-
-`-format`:: (Optional) Supported values are `json` or `javabin`.
-
-`-limit`:: (Optional) No:of docs to export. By default the entire collection is exported.
-
-`-fields`:: (Optional) Fields to be exported. By default, all fields are exported.
-
-Example 1: Export all documents in a collection `gettingstarted` into a file called `gettingstarted.json`:
-
-[source,bash]
-----
-bin/solr export -url http://localhost:8983/solr/gettingstarted
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-
-Example 2: export 1M docs of collection `gettingstarted` into a file called `1MDocs.json.gz` as a zipped JSON file:
-
-[source,bash]
-----
-bin/solr export -url http://localhost:8983/solr/gettingstarted -out 1MDocs.json.gz
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diff --git a/solr/solr-ref-guide/src/solr-control-script-reference.adoc b/solr/solr-ref-guide/src/solr-control-script-reference.adoc
index cfa68d8becc..9349fe5081a 100644
--- a/solr/solr-ref-guide/src/solr-control-script-reference.adoc
+++ b/solr/solr-ref-guide/src/solr-control-script-reference.adoc
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ The `bin/solr export` command takes the following parameters:
 The file format of the export, `jsonl` (default) or `javabin`. Choosing `javabin` exports to a file with extension `.javabin` which is the native Solr format. This is compact and faster to import.
 
 `out`::
-The file name of the export.
+The file name of the export. If the file name ends with `json.gz` the output will be compressed into a .gz file.
 
 `query`::
 A custom query. The default is `\*:*` which will export all documents.
@@ -907,13 +907,20 @@ A comma separated list of fields to be exported.
 `limit`::
 The number of documents to export. The default is `100`. The value `-1` will export all documents.
 
-*Example*
+*Examples*
 
 Export all documents from a collection `gettingstarted`:
 
 [source,bash]
 bin/solr export -url http://localhost:8983/solr/gettingstarted limit -1
 
+Export all documents of collection `gettingstarted` into a file called `1MDocs.json.gz` as a zipped JSON file:
+
+[source,bash]
+----
+bin/solr export -url http://localhost:8983/solr/gettingstarted -1 -out 1MDocs.json.gz
+----
+
 === Importing Documents to a Collection
 
 Once you have exported documents in a file, you can use the <<updatehandlers-in-solrconfig.adoc#updatehandlers-in-solrconfig,/update request handler>> to import them to a new Solr collection.