@@ -2075,6 +2075,8 @@ func (cli *DockerCli) CmdSave(args ...string) error {

 func (cli *DockerCli) CmdLoad(args ...string) error {

 	cmd := cli.Subcmd("load", "", "Load an image from a tar archive on STDIN")

+	infile := cmd.String([]string{"i", "-input"}, "", "Read from a tar archive file, instead of STDIN")

+

 	if err := cmd.Parse(args); err != nil {

 		return err

 	}

@@ -2084,7 +2086,17 @@ func (cli *DockerCli) CmdLoad(args ...string) error {

 		return nil

 	}

-	if err := cli.stream("POST", "/images/load", cli.in, cli.out, nil); err != nil {

+	var (

+		input io.Reader = cli.in

+		err   error

+	)

+	if *infile != "" {

+		input, err = os.Open(*infile)

+		if err != nil {

+			return err

+		}

+	}

+	if err := cli.stream("POST", "/images/load", input, cli.out, nil); err != nil {

 		return err

 	}

 	return nil

@@ -881,10 +881,19 @@ Known Issues (kill)

 ::

-    Usage: docker load < repository.tar

+    Usage: docker load 

-    Loads a tarred repository from the standard input stream.

-    Restores both images and tags.

+    Load an image from a tar archive on STDIN

+

+      -i, --input"": Read from a tar archive file, instead of STDIN

+

+Loads a tarred repository from the standard input stream.

+Restores both images and tags.

+

+.. code-block:: bash

+

+   $ sudo docker load < busybox.tar

+   $ sudo docker load --input busybox.tar

 .. _cli_login: