diff --git a/man/src/container/ls.md b/man/src/container/ls.md
index 93a87efcab..2bbef0c16e 100644
--- a/man/src/container/ls.md
+++ b/man/src/container/ls.md
@@ -115,3 +115,8 @@ Valid placeholders for the Go template are listed below:
     $ docker ps --filter expose=8000-8080/tcp
     CONTAINER ID        IMAGE               COMMAND             CREATED             STATUS              PORTS               NAMES
     9833437217a5        busybox             "top"               21 seconds ago      Up 19 seconds       8080/tcp            dreamy_mccarthy
+
+## Display containers in JSON format:
+
+    $ docker ps --format json
+    {"Command":"\"/docker-entrypoint.…\"","CreatedAt":"2021-03-10 00:15:05 +0100 CET","ID":"a762a2b37a1d","Image":"nginx","Labels":"maintainer=NGINX Docker Maintainers \u003cdocker-maint@nginx.com\u003e","LocalVolumes":"0","Mounts":"","Names":"boring_keldysh","Networks":"bridge","Ports":"80/tcp","RunningFor":"4 seconds ago","Size":"0B","State":"running","Status":"Up 3 seconds"}
diff --git a/man/src/container/stats.md b/man/src/container/stats.md
index 2de672ee2e..f824417ff2 100644
--- a/man/src/container/stats.md
+++ b/man/src/container/stats.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Display a live stream of one or more containers' resource usage statistics
 
 # Format
 
-   Pretty-print containers statistics using a Go template.
+   Format the output using the given Go template.
    Valid placeholders:
       .Container - Container name or ID.
       .Name - Container name.
@@ -41,3 +41,8 @@ Running `docker container stats` with customized format on all (Running and Stop
     5a8b07ec4cc52823f3cbfdb964018623c1ba307bce2c057ccdbde5f4f6990833   big_heisenberg           0.00%               0B / 0B
 
 `drunk_visvesvaraya` and `big_heisenberg` are stopped containers in the above example.
+
+Running `docker container stats` in JSON format.
+
+    $ docker container stats --format json
+    {"BlockIO":"43.9MB / 0B","CPUPerc":"0.00%","Container":"14c505d03da8","ID":"14c505d03da8","MemPerc":"0.21%","MemUsage":"4.242MiB / 1.944GiB","Name":"registry","NetIO":"4.17kB / 0B","PIDs":"13"}
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diff --git a/man/src/image/ls.md b/man/src/image/ls.md
index 7e32749911..cf15937e06 100644
--- a/man/src/image/ls.md
+++ b/man/src/image/ls.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Filters the output based on these conditions:
 
 ## Format
 
-   Pretty-print images using a Go template.
+   Format the output using the given Go template.
    Valid placeholders:
       .ID - Image ID
       .Repository - Image repository
@@ -78,12 +78,13 @@ still find it in the third-party dockviz tool: https://github.com/justone/dockvi
 When using the --format option, the image command will either output the data 
 exactly as the template declares or, when using the `table` directive, will 
 include column headers as well. You can use special characters like `\t` for
-inserting tab spacing between columns. 
+inserting tab spacing between columns. The `json` directive outputs objects
+in JSON format.
 
 The following example uses a template without headers and outputs the ID and 
 Repository entries separated by a colon for all images:
 
-    docker images --format "{{.ID}}: {{.Repository}}"
+    docker image ls --format "{{.ID}}: {{.Repository}}"
     77af4d6b9913: <none>
     b6fa739cedf5: committ
     78a85c484bad: ipbabble
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ Repository entries separated by a colon for all images:
 
 To list all images with their repository and tag in a table format you can use:
 
-    docker images --format "table {{.ID}}\t{{.Repository}}\t{{.Tag}}"
+    docker image ls --format "table {{.ID}}\t{{.Repository}}\t{{.Tag}}"
     IMAGE ID            REPOSITORY                TAG
     77af4d6b9913        <none>                    <none>
     b6fa739cedf5        committ                   latest
@@ -110,6 +111,13 @@ To list all images with their repository and tag in a table format you can use:
 
 Valid template placeholders are listed above.
 
+To list all images in JSON format you can use:
+
+    docker image ls --format json
+    {"Containers":"N/A","CreatedAt":"2021-01-18 11:29:06 +0100 CET","CreatedSince":"24 hours ago","Digest":"\u003cnone\u003e","ID":"fbcf509fa16f","Repository":"docker","SharedSize":"N/A","Size":"235MB","Tag":"stable-dind","UniqueSize":"N/A","VirtualSize":"235.5MB"}
+    {"Containers":"N/A","CreatedAt":"2021-01-18 11:24:48 +0100 CET","CreatedSince":"24 hours ago","Digest":"\u003cnone\u003e","ID":"08656a69ab2b","Repository":"docker-cli-e2e","SharedSize":"N/A","Size":"1.21GB","Tag":"latest","UniqueSize":"N/A","VirtualSize":"1.207GB"}
+    {"Containers":"N/A","CreatedAt":"2021-01-18 10:43:44 +0100 CET","CreatedSince":"24 hours ago","Digest":"\u003cnone\u003e","ID":"abca5c07c1ba","Repository":"docker-cli-dev","SharedSize":"N/A","Size":"608MB","Tag":"latest","UniqueSize":"N/A","VirtualSize":"607.8MB"}
+
 ## Listing only the shortened image IDs
 
 Listing just the shortened image IDs. This can be useful for some automated
diff --git a/man/src/plugin/ls.md b/man/src/plugin/ls.md
index f9f3945244..23b0659b5b 100644
--- a/man/src/plugin/ls.md
+++ b/man/src/plugin/ls.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Filter output based on these conditions:
 
 ## Format
 
-   Pretty-print plugins using a Go template.
+   Format the output using the given Go template.
    Valid placeholders:
       .ID - Plugin ID.
       .Name - Plugin Name.
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ Filter output based on these conditions:
     $ docker plugin ls --format "{{.ID}}: {{.Name}}"
     869080b57404: tiborvass/sample-volume-plugin:latest
 
+## Display plugins in JSON format
+
+    $ docker plugin ls --format json
+    {"Description":"A sample volume plugin for Docker","Enabled":true,"ID":"2788a2da7e12","Name":"tiborvass/sample-volume-plugin:latest","PluginReference":"docker.io/tiborvass/sample-volume-plugin:latest"}
+
 ## Display enabled plugins
 
     $ docker plugin ls --filter enabled=true