diff --git a/docs/src/file-formats.md b/docs/src/file-formats.md
index 2df1004a7..9b0cb6362 100644
--- a/docs/src/file-formats.md
+++ b/docs/src/file-formats.md
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ Since Miller 5.0.0, you can use `--barred` or `--barred-output` with pprint outp
 +-----+-----+---+----------+----------+
 </pre>
 
-Since Miller 6.11.0, you can use `--barred-input` with pprint output format:
+Since Miller 6.11.0, you can use `--barred-input` with pprint input format:
 
 <pre class="pre-highlight-in-pair">
 <b>mlr -o pprint --barred cat data/small | mlr -i pprint --barred-input -o json filter '$b == "pan"'</b>
diff --git a/docs/src/file-formats.md.in b/docs/src/file-formats.md.in
index c64609a00..8da809fad 100644
--- a/docs/src/file-formats.md.in
+++ b/docs/src/file-formats.md.in
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ GENMD-RUN-COMMAND
 mlr --opprint --barred cat data/small
 GENMD-EOF
 
-Since Miller 6.11.0, you can use `--barred-input` with pprint output format:
+Since Miller 6.11.0, you can use `--barred-input` with pprint input format:
 
 GENMD-RUN-COMMAND
 mlr -o pprint --barred cat data/small | mlr -i pprint --barred-input -o json filter '$b == "pan"'