diff --git a/Cabal/doc/cabal-commands.rst b/Cabal/doc/cabal-commands.rst
index c19df8b3570..c8eae80a716 100644
--- a/Cabal/doc/cabal-commands.rst
+++ b/Cabal/doc/cabal-commands.rst
@@ -86,6 +86,16 @@ A target can take any of the following forms:
      - ``tests``,
      - ``benches``, ``benchmarks``.
 
+-  A module target: ``[package:][ctype:]module``, which specifies that the
+   component of which the given module is a part of will be built. If the
+   target is ambiguous, e.g. only ``module`` is specified and the module name
+   is part of multiple components, all of these component will be built.
+
+-  A filepath target: ``[package:][ctype:]filepath``, which specifies that the
+   component of which the given filepath is a part of will be built. If the
+   target is ambiguous, e.g. only ``filepath`` is specified and the filepath
+   is part of multiple components, all of these component will be built.
+
 In component targets, ``package:`` and ``ctype:`` (valid component types
 are ``lib``, ``flib``, ``exe``, ``test`` and ``bench``) can be used to
 disambiguate when multiple packages define the same component, or the
@@ -99,6 +109,12 @@ Some example targets:
 
     $ cabal v2-build lib:foo-pkg       # build the library named foo-pkg
     $ cabal v2-build foo-pkg:foo-tests # build foo-tests in foo-pkg
+    $ cabal v2-build src/Lib.s         # build the library component to
+                                       # which "src/Lib.hs" belongs
+    $ cabal v2-build app/Main.hs       # build the executable component of
+                                       # "app/Main.hs"
+    $ cabal v2-build Lib               # build the library component to
+                                       # which the module "Lib" belongs
 
 (There is also syntax for specifying module and file targets, but it
 doesn't currently do anything.)