diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b554199..309aa04 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ $ tsfmt
     -h, --help         output usage information
     -V, --version      output the version number
     -r, --replace      replace .ts file
+    --stdin            get formatting content from stdin
     --no-tslint        don't read a tslint.json
     --no-editorconfig  don't read a .editorconfig
     --no-tsfmt         don't read a tsfmt.json
@@ -37,6 +38,13 @@ class Sample { hello(word= "world") { return "Hello, " + word; } }
 new Sample().hello("TypeScript");
 ```
 
+```bash
+# from stdin. read from stdin, output to stdout.
+$ cat sample.ts | tsfmt --stdin sample.ts
+class Sample { hello(word= "world") { return "Hello, " + word; } }
+new Sample().hello("TypeScript");
+```
+
 ```bash
 # replace. read file, and replace file.
 $ tsfmt -r sample.ts