diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-export.1.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman-export.1.md
index d024d0256a..fdf87c6d3c 100644
--- a/docs/source/markdown/podman-export.1.md
+++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-export.1.md
@@ -34,9 +34,13 @@ Write to a file, default is STDOUT
 
 ## EXAMPLES
 
+Export container into specified tar ball:
 ```
 $ podman export -o redis-container.tar 883504668ec465463bc0fe7e63d53154ac3b696ea8d7b233748918664ea90e57
+```
 
+Export container to stdout:
+```
 $ podman export 883504668ec465463bc0fe7e63d53154ac3b696ea8d7b233748918664ea90e57 > redis-container.tar
 ```
 
diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-import.1.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman-import.1.md
index 60b34013c8..5669b920b9 100644
--- a/docs/source/markdown/podman-import.1.md
+++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-import.1.md
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ Set variant of the imported image.
 
 ## EXAMPLES
 
+Import the selected tarball into new image, specifying the CMD, ENTRYPOINT and LABEL:
 ```
 $ podman import --change CMD=/bin/bash --change ENTRYPOINT=/bin/sh --change LABEL=blue=image ctr.tar image-imported
 Getting image source signatures
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ Storing signatures
 db65d991f3bbf7f31ed1064db9a6ced7652e3f8166c4736aa9133dadd3c7acb3
 ```
 
+Import the selected tarball into new image, specifying the CMD, ENTRYPOINT and LABEL:
 ```
 $ podman import --change 'ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/sh","-c","test-image"]'  --change LABEL=blue=image test-image.tar image-imported
 Getting image source signatures
@@ -73,22 +75,14 @@ Writing manifest to image destination
 Storing signatures
 110552350206337183ceadc0bdd646dc356e06514c548b69a8917b4182414b
 ```
-```
-$ podman import --change "CMD /bin/sh"  --change LABEL=blue=image test-image.tar image-imported
-Getting image source signatures
-Copying blob e3b0c44298fc skipped: already exists
-Copying config ae9a27e249 done
-Writing manifest to image destination
-Storing signatures
-ae9a27e249f801aff11a4ba54a81751ea9fbc9db45a6df3f1bfd63fc2437bb9c
-```
-
 
+Import new tagged image from stdin in quiet mode:
 ```
-$ cat ctr.tar | podman -q import --message "importing the ctr.tar tarball" - image-imported
+$ cat ctr.tar | podman -q import --message "importing the ctr.tar file" - image-imported
 db65d991f3bbf7f31ed1064db9a6ced7652e3f8166c4736aa9133dadd3c7acb3
 ```
 
+Import an image from stdin:
 ```
 $ cat ctr.tar | podman import -
 Getting image source signatures
@@ -101,6 +95,7 @@ Storing signatures
 db65d991f3bbf7f31ed1064db9a6ced7652e3f8166c4736aa9133dadd3c7acb3
 ```
 
+Import named image from tarball via a URL:
 ```
 $ podman import http://example.com/ctr.tar url-image
 Downloading from "http://example.com/ctr.tar"