diff --git a/docs/src/content/concepts-options.md b/docs/src/content/concepts-options.md
index 8a32b35b1..d10990537 100644
--- a/docs/src/content/concepts-options.md
+++ b/docs/src/content/concepts-options.md
@@ -34,7 +34,11 @@ persistent by saving the settings out to a YAML configuration file (please see
 the specific tool's interactive help for details on how to do this).
 
 For all tools, options can be set directly by name using the `--set`
-command-line option. Please see the command-line help (`--help`) for usage.
+command-line option. Please see the command-line help (`--help`) for usage. Example:
+```
+mitmproxy --set anticomp=true
+mitmweb --set ignore_hosts=example.com --set ignore_hosts=example.org 
+```
 
 ## Available Options