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@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ Restart policies on crashed docker instances are [covered here](http://container
 There doesn't seem to be a way to use docker directly to import files into a container's filesystem.  The closest thing is to mount a host file or directory as a data volume and copy it from inside the container.
 
 * [`docker cp`](http://docs.docker.io/reference/commandline/cli/#cp) copies files or folders out of a container's filesystem.
-* [`docker export`](http://docs.docker.io/reference/commandline/cli/#export) turns container filesystem into tarball.
+* [`docker export`](http://docs.docker.io/reference/commandline/cli/#export) turns container filesystem into tarball archive stream to STDOUT.
 
 ### Executing Commands