diff --git a/completions/bash/skopeo b/completions/bash/skopeo
index 6ebc6e4b87..ab994c0a48 100644
--- a/completions/bash/skopeo
+++ b/completions/bash/skopeo
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ _skopeo_copy() {
     local boolean_options="
     --all
     --dest-compress
+    --dest-decompress
     --remove-signatures
     --src-no-creds
     --dest-no-creds
diff --git a/docs/skopeo-copy.1.md b/docs/skopeo-copy.1.md
index 99b01d3018..a93dde1ec7 100644
--- a/docs/skopeo-copy.1.md
+++ b/docs/skopeo-copy.1.md
@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ Credentials for accessing the source registry.
 
 Compress tarball image layers when saving to directory using the 'dir' transport. (default is same compression type as source).
 
+**--dest-decompress** _bool-value_
+
+Decompress tarball image layers when saving to directory using the 'dir' transport. (default is same compression type as source).
+
 **--dest-oci-accept-uncompressed-layers** _bool-value_
 
 Allow uncompressed image layers when saving to an OCI image using the 'oci' transport. (default is to compress things that aren't compressed).