diff --git a/cmd/evaluate_all_command.go b/cmd/evaluate_all_command.go
index 44801f69..2470b4a4 100644
--- a/cmd/evaluate_all_command.go
+++ b/cmd/evaluate_all_command.go
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ func createEvaluateAllCommand() *cobra.Command {
 		Example: `
 # merges f2.yml into f1.yml (inplace)
 yq eval-all --inplace 'select(fileIndex == 0) * select(fileIndex == 1)' f1.yml f2.yml		
+
+# use '-' as a filename to read from STDIN
+cat file2.yml | yq ea '.a.b' file1.yml - file3.yml
 `,
 		Long: "Evaluate All:\nUseful when you need to run an expression across several yaml documents or files. Consumes more memory than eval",
 		RunE: evaluateAll,
diff --git a/cmd/evalute_sequence_command.go b/cmd/evalute_sequence_command.go
index 7f17df26..22aafe65 100644
--- a/cmd/evalute_sequence_command.go
+++ b/cmd/evalute_sequence_command.go
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ yq e '.a.b | length' f1.yml f2.yml
 # prints out the file
 yq e sample.yaml 
 
+# use '-' as a filename to read from STDIN
+cat file2.yml | yq e '.a.b' file1.yml - file3.yml
+
 # prints a new yaml document
 yq e -n '.a.b.c = "cat"'