paperless to use `PAPERLESS_FILENAME_FORMAT` for exported filenames
instead, specify `-f` or `--use-filename-format`.
-Paperless will not export archive files if you use `-na` or `--no-archive`. After
-importing, the sanity checker will warn about missing files until these files
-are generated again by using `document_archiver`.
-It can make sense to omit these files from backup as their content and checksum
-can change (new archiver algorithm) and may then cause additional used space in
-a deduplicated backup.
-
-Paperless will not export thumbnails if you use `-nt` or `--no-thumbnail`. After
-importing, the sanity checker will warn about missing files and the documents
-view will not have thumbnails until these files are generated again by using
-`document_thumbnails`.
-It can make sense to omit these files from backup as their content and checksum
-can change (new thumbnail generation algorithm) and may then cause additional
-used space in a deduplicated backup.
-
-If `-p` or `--use-filename-prefix` is provided, Files will be exported
+If `-na` or `--no-archive` is provided, no archive files will be exported,
+only the original files.
+
+If `-nt` or `--no-thumbnail` is provided, thumbnail files will not be exported.
+
+!!! note
+
+ When using the `-na`/`--no-archive` or `-nt`/`--no-thumbnail` options
+ the exporter will not output these files for backup. After importing,
+ the [sanity checker](#sanity-checker) will warn about missing thumbnails and archive files
+ until they are regenerated with `document_thumbnails` or [`document_archiver`](#archiver).
+ It can make sense to omit these files from backup as their content and checksum
+ can change (new archiver algorithm) and may then cause additional used space in
+ a deduplicated backup.
+
+If `-p` or `--use-filename-prefix` is provided, files will be exported
in dedicated folders according to their nature: `archive`, `originals`,
`thumbnails` or `json`
If `-sm` or `--split-manifest` is provided, information about document
-will be placed in individual json files.
+will be placed in individual json files, instead of a single JSON file.
If `-z` or `--zip` is provided, the export will be a zipfile
in the target directory, named according to the current date.