diff --git a/guide/src/cli/init.md b/guide/src/cli/init.md
index 99c0be09..9256d860 100644
--- a/guide/src/cli/init.md
+++ b/guide/src/cli/init.md
@@ -67,4 +67,12 @@ mdbook init --title="my amazing book"
 Create a `.gitignore` file configured to ignore the `book` directory created when [building] a book. 
 If not supplied, an interactive prompt will ask whether it should be created.
 
+```bash
+mdbook init --ignore=none
+```
+
+```bash
+mdbook init --ignore=git
+```
+
 [building]: build.md