diff --git a/config/formatting.md b/config/formatting.md
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--- a/config/formatting.md
+++ b/config/formatting.md
@@ -14,6 +14,28 @@ All of these examples use the `docker inspect` command, but many other CLI
 commands have a `--format` flag, and many of the CLI command references
 include examples of customizing the output format.
 
+>**Note**
+>
+> Whe using the `--format` flag, you need observe your shell environment. 
+> In a Posix shell, you can run the following with a single quote:
+>
+> {% raw %}
+> ```bash
+> docker inspect --format '{{join .Args " , "}}'
+> ```
+> {% endraw %}
+>
+> Otherwise, in a Windows shell (for example, PowerShell), you need to use single quotes, but
+> escape the double quotes inside the params as follows:
+>
+> {% raw %}
+> ```bash
+> docker inspect --format '{{join .Args \" , \"}}'
+> ```
+> {% endraw %}
+>
+{:.important}
+
 ## join
 
 `join` concatenates a list of strings to create a single string.