diff --git a/docs/src/pages/docs/cli.md b/docs/src/pages/docs/cli.md
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--- a/docs/src/pages/docs/cli.md
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@@ -125,6 +125,14 @@ It's recommended to use these commands to store an IDL on chain, at a determinis
 address, as a function of nothing but the program's ID. This
 allows us to generate clients for a program using nothing but the program ID.
 
+### Idl Build
+
+```shell
+anchor idl build
+```
+
+Generates the IDL for the program using the compilation method.
+
 ### Idl Init
 
 ```shell