diff --git a/pages/common/mongodump.md b/pages/common/mongodump.md
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--- a/pages/common/mongodump.md
+++ b/pages/common/mongodump.md
@@ -26,3 +26,7 @@
 - Create a dump of a given database with a given username; user will be prompted for password:
 
 `mongodump --username {{username}} {{database}} --password`
+
+- Create a dump from a specific instance; host, user, password and database will be defined in the connection string:
+
+`mongodump --uri {{connection_string}}`