diff --git a/docs/src/getting-started/usage.rst b/docs/src/getting-started/usage.rst
index 06242589f..dca27c522 100644
--- a/docs/src/getting-started/usage.rst
+++ b/docs/src/getting-started/usage.rst
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ the current directory and type
 Evaluation
 ##########
 
-The sub-command to evaluate a already trained model is
+The sub-command to evaluate an already trained model is
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
@@ -66,7 +66,23 @@ The sub-command to evaluate a already trained model is
 
 .. literalinclude:: ../../../examples/usage.sh
     :language: bash
-    :lines: 9-
+    :lines: 9-25
+
+
+Exporting
+#########
+
+Exporting a model is very useful if you want to use it in other frameworks,
+especially in molecular dynamics simulations.
+The sub-command to export an already trained model is
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+    metatensor-models export
+
+.. literalinclude:: ../../../examples/usage.sh
+    :language: bash
+    :lines: 25-
 
 In the next tutorials we show how adjust the dataset section of ``options.yaml`` file
 to use it for your own datasets.
diff --git a/examples/usage.sh b/examples/usage.sh
index 279d1bd23..84eac8d61 100644
--- a/examples/usage.sh
+++ b/examples/usage.sh
@@ -22,3 +22,9 @@ head -n 20 output.xyz
 # All command line flags of the eval sub-command can be listed via
 
 metatensor-models eval --help
+
+# For example, the following command
+
+metatensor-models export model.pt
+
+# creates an `exported-model.pt` file that contains the exported model.
diff --git a/src/metatensor/models/cli/export_model.py b/src/metatensor/models/cli/export_model.py
index ce4415a09..48d08e961 100644
--- a/src/metatensor/models/cli/export_model.py
+++ b/src/metatensor/models/cli/export_model.py
@@ -47,4 +47,7 @@ def export_model(model: str, output: Optional[str]) -> None:
 
     # Export the model
     wrapper = MetatensorAtomisticModel(loaded_model.eval(), loaded_model.capabilities)
-    wrapper.export("exported-model.pt")
+    if output is None:
+        wrapper.export("exported-model.pt")
+    else:
+        wrapper.export(output)
diff --git a/tests/cli/test_export_model.py b/tests/cli/test_export_model.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ba13c4e0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cli/test_export_model.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import os
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+
+
+# Execute the setup script which will make sum_over_samples saveable.
+current_dir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+setup_path = os.path.join(current_dir, "..", "..", "scripts", "setup.py")
+exec(open(setup_path).read())
+
+
+RESOURCES_PATH = Path(__file__).parent.resolve() / ".." / "resources"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("output", [None, "exported.pt"])
+def test_export(monkeypatch, tmp_path, output):
+    """Test that the export cli runs without an error raise."""
+    monkeypatch.chdir(tmp_path)
+    shutil.copy(RESOURCES_PATH / "bpnn-model.pt", "bpnn-model.pt")
+
+    command = ["metatensor-models", "export", "bpnn-model.pt"]
+
+    if output is not None:
+        command += ["-o", output]
+    else:
+        output = "exported-model.pt"
+
+    subprocess.check_call(command)
+    assert Path(output).is_file()
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