diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6b62356..851611e 100644
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@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ This will output Markdown to standard output. You can save it like this:
 ```bash
 markitdown path-to-file.pdf > document.md
 ```
+You can pipe content to standard input by omitting the argument:
+```bash
+cat path-to-file.pdf | markitdown
+```
 
 ## Contributing