diff --git a/cli/src/main.rs b/cli/src/main.rs
index 2dd5c66c..48b0aec5 100644
--- a/cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/cli/src/main.rs
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ struct Parse {
     #[arg(long, short)]
     pub quiet: bool,
     #[allow(clippy::doc_markdown)]
-    /// Apply edits in the format: \"row, col delcount insert_text\"
+    /// Apply edits in the format: \"row,col|position delcount insert_text\", can be supplied multiple times
     #[arg(
         long,
         num_args = 1..,
diff --git a/docs/src/cli/parse.md b/docs/src/cli/parse.md
index 7f30cdb0..97c6422a 100644
--- a/docs/src/cli/parse.md
+++ b/docs/src/cli/parse.md
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Suppress main output.
 
 ### `--edits <EDITS>...`
 
-Apply edits after parsing the file. Edits are in the form of `row, col delcount insert_text` where row and col are 0-indexed.
+Apply edits after parsing the file. Edits are in the form of `row,col|position delcount insert_text` where row and col, or position are 0-indexed.
 
 ### `--encoding <ENCODING>`