diff --git a/doc/040_backup.rst b/doc/040_backup.rst
index 3c0e1f879..3513e5854 100644
--- a/doc/040_backup.rst
+++ b/doc/040_backup.rst
@@ -142,8 +142,7 @@ the exclude options are:
 -  ``--iexclude`` Same as ``--exclude`` but ignores the case of paths
 -  ``--exclude-caches`` Specified once to exclude folders containing a special file
 -  ``--exclude-file`` Specified one or more times to exclude items listed in a given file
--  ``--exclude-if-present`` Specified one or more times to exclude a folders content
-   if it contains a given file (optionally having a given header)
+-  ``--exclude-if-present foo`` Specified one or more times to exclude a folder's content if it contains a file called ``foo``` (optionally having a given header, no wildcards for the file name supported)
 
  Let's say we have a file called ``excludes.txt`` with the following content: