diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4507fda7a..6bb71b85d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ docker-archive:path/to/yourimage.tar   use a tarball from disk for archives crea
 oci-archive:path/to/yourimage.tar      use a tarball from disk for OCI archives (from Skopeo or otherwise)
 oci-dir:path/to/yourimage              read directly from a path on disk for OCI layout directories (from Skopeo or otherwise)
 dir:path/to/yourproject                read directly from a path on disk (any directory)
+file:path/to/yourproject/file          read directly from a path on disk (any single file)
 registry:yourrepo/yourimage:tag        pull image directly from a registry (no container runtime required)
 ```
 
diff --git a/cmd/packages.go b/cmd/packages.go
index aff7a5790..d1e75f0dc 100644
--- a/cmd/packages.go
+++ b/cmd/packages.go
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ const (
     {{.appName}} {{.command}} oci-archive:path/to/yourimage.tar      use a tarball from disk for OCI archives (from Skopeo or otherwise)
     {{.appName}} {{.command}} oci-dir:path/to/yourimage              read directly from a path on disk for OCI layout directories (from Skopeo or otherwise)
     {{.appName}} {{.command}} dir:path/to/yourproject                read directly from a path on disk (any directory)
+    {{.appName}} {{.command}} file:path/to/yourproject/file          read directly from a path on disk (any single file)
     {{.appName}} {{.command}} registry:yourrepo/yourimage:tag        pull image directly from a registry (no container runtime required)
 `
 )