diff --git a/internal/command/apply.go b/internal/command/apply.go
index 3bf441ecad..be6b8daa63 100644
--- a/internal/command/apply.go
+++ b/internal/command/apply.go
@@ -379,6 +379,9 @@ Options:
   -parallelism=n         Limit the number of parallel resource operations.
                          Defaults to 10.
 
+  -replace=resource      Terraform will plan to replace this resource instance
+                         instead of doing an update or no-op action. 
+
   -state=path            Path to read and save state (unless state-out
                          is specified). Defaults to "terraform.tfstate".
 
diff --git a/website/docs/cli/commands/apply.mdx b/website/docs/cli/commands/apply.mdx
index 2eb5a9a8c6..2c2abe1489 100644
--- a/website/docs/cli/commands/apply.mdx
+++ b/website/docs/cli/commands/apply.mdx
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ The following options change how the apply command executes and reports on the a
   [walks the graph](/terraform/internals/graph#walking-the-graph). Defaults to
   10\.
 
+- `-replace=resource` - Terraform will plan to replace this resource instance
+   instead of doing an update or no-op action.
+
 - All [planning modes](/terraform/cli/commands/plan#planning-modes) and
 [planning options](/terraform/cli/commands/plan#planning-options) for
 `terraform plan` - Customize how Terraform will create the plan. Only available when you run `terraform apply` without a saved plan file.