diff --git a/source/reference/mongoexport.txt b/source/reference/mongoexport.txt
index 1f26e5848a3..e9c514bed03 100644
--- a/source/reference/mongoexport.txt
+++ b/source/reference/mongoexport.txt
@@ -140,11 +140,12 @@ Options
 
 .. option:: --fieldFile <file>
 
-   As an alternative to ":option:`--fields <mongoexport --fields>`"
+   As an alternative to :option:`--fields <mongoexport --fields>`,
    the :option:`--fieldFile` option allows you to specify a file
-   (e.g. ``<file>```) to hold a list of field names to specify a list
+   (e.g. ``<file>``) to hold a list of field names to specify a list
    of fields to *include* in the export. All other fields will be
    *excluded* from the export. Place one field per line.
+   Lines must end with the LF character (``0x0A``).
 
 .. option:: --query <JSON>
 
@@ -157,6 +158,10 @@ Options
    format. By default :program:`mongoexport` writes data using one
    :term:`JSON` document for every MongoDB document.
 
+   If you specify :option:`--csv`, then you must specify either 
+   the :option:`--fieldFile` option or :option:`--fields` option to
+   describe which fields to export from the collection.
+
 .. option:: --jsonArray
 
    Modifies the output of :program:`mongoexport` to write the
@@ -211,10 +216,11 @@ collection ``contacts`` from the ``users`` database from the
 :program:`mongod` instance running on the localhost port
 number ``27017``. This command writes the export data in :term:`CSV`
 format into a file located at ``/opt/backups/contacts.csv``.
+The :file:`fields.txt` file contains a line-by-line list of fields to export.
 
 .. code-block:: sh
 
-   mongoexport --db users --collection contacts --csv --out /opt/backups/contacts.csv
+   mongoexport --db users --collection contacts --csv --fieldFile fields.txt --out /opt/backups/contacts.csv
 
 The next example creates an export of the collection ``contacts``
 from the MongoDB instance running on the localhost port number ``27017``,