diff --git a/README.asciidoc b/README.asciidoc
index 88ffd808..28f4b41f 100644
--- a/README.asciidoc
+++ b/README.asciidoc
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ Just running *kak* launch a new kak session with a client on local terminal.
  * `-l`: list existing sessions, and check the dead ones
  * `-clear`: clear dead sessions socket files
  * `-ro`: prevent modifications to all buffers from being saved to disk
+ * `+line[:column]`: specify a target line and column for the first file
 
 Configuration
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
diff --git a/doc/kak.1.txt b/doc/kak.1.txt
index a169bdbb..4c7710c9 100644
--- a/doc/kak.1.txt
+++ b/doc/kak.1.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ kak - a vim inspired, selection oriented code editor
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-*kak* [-q] [-n] [-l] [-ro] [-clear] [-ui ui_type] [-e command] [-f keys] [-p session_id] [-c session_id|[[-d] -s session_id] file ...
+*kak* [-q] [-n] [-l] [-ro] [-clear] [-ui ui_type] [-e command] [-f keys] [-p session_id] [-c session_id|[[-d] -s session_id] [+line[:column]] file ...
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ OPTIONS
 -ro::
 	enter in 'readonly mode', all the buffers opened will not be written to disk
 
++line[:column]::
+	specify a target line and column for the first file
+
 file::
 	one or more files to edit