diff --git a/docs/source/usage.rst b/docs/source/usage.rst
index 045f30c3c..633567a9d 100644
--- a/docs/source/usage.rst
+++ b/docs/source/usage.rst
@@ -231,11 +231,12 @@ Notebook and preprocessors
       jupyter nbconvert --to notebook --execute mynotebook.ipynb
 
 This will open the notebook, execute it, capture new output, and save the
-result in :file:`mynotebook.nbconvert.ipynb`. By default, ``nbconvert`` will
-abort conversion if any exceptions occur during execution of a cell. If you
-specify ``--allow-errors`` (in addition to the ``--execute`` flag) then
-conversion will continue and the output from any exception will be included
-in the cell output.
+result in :file:`mynotebook.nbconvert.ipynb`. Specifying ``--inplace`` will
+overwrite the input file instead of writing a new file. By default,
+``nbconvert`` will abort conversion if any exceptions occur during
+execution of a cell. If you specify ``--allow-errors`` (in addition to the
+`--execute`` flag) then conversion will continue and the output from any
+exception will be included in the cell output.
 
 The following command::
 
@@ -244,7 +245,7 @@ The following command::
 will create a copy of :file:`mynotebook.ipynb` in :file:`mynotebook.v3.ipynb`
 in version 3 of the notebook format.
 
-If you want to convert a notebook in-place, you can specify the ouptut file
+If you want to convert a notebook in-place, you can specify the output file
 to be the same as the input file::
 
       jupyter nbconvert --to notebook mynb --output mynb