diff --git a/docs/reference/commandline/images.md b/docs/reference/commandline/images.md
index 82c572e3ba..9f7f555ed6 100644
--- a/docs/reference/commandline/images.md
+++ b/docs/reference/commandline/images.md
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ The currently supported filters are:
 * label (`label=<key>` or `label=<key>=<value>`)
 * before (`<image-name>[:<tag>]`,  `<image id>` or `<image@digest>`) - filter images created before given id or references
 * since (`<image-name>[:<tag>]`,  `<image id>` or `<image@digest>`) - filter images created since given id or references
+* reference (pattern of an image reference) - filter images whose reference matches the specified pattern
 
 #### Show untagged images (dangling)
 
diff --git a/man/docker-images.1.md b/man/docker-images.1.md
index d7958d0dc4..521cbea565 100644
--- a/man/docker-images.1.md
+++ b/man/docker-images.1.md
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ versions.
    - label=<key> or label=<key>=<value>
    - before=(<image-name>[:tag]|<image-id>|<image@digest>)
    - since=(<image-name>[:tag]|<image-id>|<image@digest>)
+   - reference=(pattern of an image reference)
 
 **--format**="*TEMPLATE*"
    Pretty-print images using a Go template.