diff --git a/docs/api/chrome-command-line-switches.md b/docs/api/chrome-command-line-switches.md
index c1adf3c425f8..ad7fafbe14f5 100644
--- a/docs/api/chrome-command-line-switches.md
+++ b/docs/api/chrome-command-line-switches.md
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Supported Chrome command line switches
 
-This page lists the command line switches used by the Chrome browser that are also supported by
-Electron. You can use [app.commandLine.appendSwitch][append-switch] to append
-them in your app's main script before the [ready][ready] event of [app][app]
-module is emitted:
+This page lists the command line switches used by the Chrome browser that are
+also supported by Electron. You can use
+[app.commandLine.appendSwitch][append-switch] to append them in your app's main
+script before the [ready][ready] event of [app][app] module is emitted:
 
 ```javascript
 const app = require('electron').app;
@@ -47,6 +47,20 @@ only affects requests with HTTP protocol, including HTTPS and WebSocket
 requests. It is also noteworthy that not all proxy servers support HTTPS and
 WebSocket requests.
 
+## --proxy-bypass-list=`hosts`
+
+Instructs Electron to bypass the proxy server for the given semi-colon-separated
+list of hosts. This flag has an effect only if used in tandem with
+`--proxy-server`.
+
+For example:
+
+`app.commandLine.appendSwitch('proxy-bypass-list', '<local>;*.google.com;*foo.com;1.2.3.4:5678')`
+
+Will use the proxy server for all hosts except for local addresses (localhost,
+127.0.0.1 etc.), google.com subdomains, hosts that contain the suffix foo.com
+and anything at 1.2.3.4:5678.
+
 ## --proxy-pac-url=`url`
 
 Uses the PAC script at the specified `url`.