diff --git a/CHANGELOG.adoc b/CHANGELOG.adoc
index 0a0f53704..c78e55ff7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.adoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.adoc
@@ -12,6 +12,18 @@
 | https://github.com/knative/client/pull/[#]
 ////
 
+## Unreleased
+
+[cols="1,10,3", options="header", width="100%"]
+|===
+| | Description | PR
+
+| 🐛
+| Fix service export example documentation
+| https://github.com/knative/client/pull/1006[#1006]
+
+|===
+
 ## v0.17.0 (2020-08-26)
 
 [cols="1,10,3", options="header", width="100%"]
diff --git a/docs/cmd/kn_service_export.md b/docs/cmd/kn_service_export.md
index 5a7f1af04..de0ab5dcd 100644
--- a/docs/cmd/kn_service_export.md
+++ b/docs/cmd/kn_service_export.md
@@ -16,12 +16,15 @@ kn service export NAME
 
   # Export a service in YAML format
   kn service export foo -n bar -o yaml
+
   # Export a service in JSON format
   kn service export foo -n bar -o json
+
   # Export a service with revisions
-  kn service export foo --with-revisions --mode=resources -n bar -o json
+  kn service export foo --with-revisions --mode=export -n bar -o json
+
   # Export services in kubectl friendly format, as a list kind, one service item for each revision
-  kn service export foo --with-revisions --mode=kubernetes -n bar -o json
+  kn service export foo --with-revisions --mode=replay -n bar -o json
 ```
 
 ### Options
diff --git a/pkg/kn/commands/service/export.go b/pkg/kn/commands/service/export.go
index edb733b63..e05bcc7c2 100644
--- a/pkg/kn/commands/service/export.go
+++ b/pkg/kn/commands/service/export.go
@@ -57,12 +57,15 @@ func NewServiceExportCommand(p *commands.KnParams) *cobra.Command {
 		Example: `
   # Export a service in YAML format
   kn service export foo -n bar -o yaml
+
   # Export a service in JSON format
   kn service export foo -n bar -o json
+
   # Export a service with revisions
-  kn service export foo --with-revisions --mode=resources -n bar -o json
+  kn service export foo --with-revisions --mode=export -n bar -o json
+
   # Export services in kubectl friendly format, as a list kind, one service item for each revision
-  kn service export foo --with-revisions --mode=kubernetes -n bar -o json`,
+  kn service export foo --with-revisions --mode=replay -n bar -o json`,
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			if len(args) != 1 {
 				return errors.New("'kn service export' requires name of the service as single argument")