diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/pull-3081 b/changelog/unreleased/pull-3081
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..89de8a728
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/pull-3081
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Enhancement: Allow whole folder dump in ZIP format
+
+Previously, restic can dump the contents of a whole folder structure only
+in the tar format. The `dump` command now have a new flag to change output
+format to zip. Just pass `--archive zip` as an option to `restic dump`.
+
+https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/2433
+https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/3081
diff --git a/doc/050_restore.rst b/doc/050_restore.rst
index 1f5996ccc..2a636c317 100644
--- a/doc/050_restore.rst
+++ b/doc/050_restore.rst
@@ -128,10 +128,13 @@ e.g.:
 
 It is also possible to ``dump`` the contents of a whole folder structure to
 stdout. To retain the information about the files and folders Restic will
-output the contents in the tar format:
+output the contents in the tar (default) or zip formats:
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
     $ restic -r /srv/restic-repo dump latest /home/other/work > restore.tar
+ 
+.. code-block:: console
 
+    $ restic -r /srv/restic-repo dump -a zip latest /home/other/work > restore.zip