diff --git a/doc/manual/source/running-dynare.rst b/doc/manual/source/running-dynare.rst
index e370654be9a18408b77bce2e8ee65df9f35beee7..53be2e56bde70d7669cdf7dda6e724a31818f156 100644
--- a/doc/manual/source/running-dynare.rst
+++ b/doc/manual/source/running-dynare.rst
@@ -225,7 +225,8 @@ by the ``dynare`` command.
     .. option:: json = parse|check|transform|compute
 
         Causes the preprocessor to output a version of the ``.mod`` file in
-        JSON format. When the JSON output is created depends on the value
+        JSON format to ``<<M_.dname>>/model/json/``. 
+        When the JSON output is created depends on the value
         passed. These values represent various steps of processing in the
         preprocessor.
 
@@ -253,7 +254,8 @@ by the ``dynare`` command.
     .. option:: jsonstdout
 
         Instead of writing output requested by ``json`` to files,
-        write to standard out.
+        write to standard out, i.e. to the MATLAB/Octave command window 
+        (and the log-file).
 
     .. option:: onlyjson