diff --git a/docs/content/drive.md b/docs/content/drive.md
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--- a/docs/content/drive.md
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@@ -353,7 +353,12 @@ Size of listing chunk 100-1000. 0 to disable. (default 1000)
 
 #### --drive-shared-with-me ####
 
-Only show files that are shared with me
+Instructs rclone to operate on your "Shared with me" folder (where
+Google Drive lets you access the files and folders others have shared
+with you).
+
+This works both with the "list" (lsd, lsl, etc) and the "copy"
+commands (copy, sync, etc), and with all other commands too.
 
 #### --drive-skip-gdocs ####