Add examples for local import.

docs/sources/commandline/command/import.rst

@@ -8,6 +8,33 @@
 
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-    Usage: docker import [OPTIONS] URL|- [REPOSITORY [TAG]]
+    Usage: docker import URL|- [REPOSITORY [TAG]]
 
     Create a new filesystem image from the contents of a tarball
+
+At this time, the URL must start with ``http`` and point to a single file archive (.tar, .tar.gz, .bzip) 
+containing a root filesystem. If you would like to import from a local directory or archive, 
+you can use the ``-`` parameter to take the data from standard in.
+
+Examples
+--------
+
+Import from a remote location
+.............................
+
+``$ docker import http://example.com/exampleimage.tgz exampleimagerepo``
+
+Import from a local file
+........................
+
+Import to docker via pipe and standard in
+
+``$ cat exampleimage.tgz | docker import - exampleimagelocal``
+  
+Import from a local directory
+.............................
+
+``$ sudo tar -c . | docker import - exampleimagedir``
+
+Note the ``sudo`` in this example -- you must preserve the ownership of the files (especially root ownership)
+during the archiving with tar. If you are not root (or sudo) when you tar, then the ownerships might not get preserved.