diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index eaa379867814..08bf7637fc90 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 
 ### Chore & Maintenance
 
+- `[docs]` Updated documentation for the `--runTestsByPath` CLI command ([#14004](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/14004))
+
 ### Performance
 
 ## 29.5.0
diff --git a/docs/CLI.md b/docs/CLI.md
index 006980433554..a6b918f74ffc 100644
--- a/docs/CLI.md
+++ b/docs/CLI.md
@@ -372,7 +372,39 @@ Alias: `-i`. Run all tests serially in the current process, rather than creating
 
 ### `--runTestsByPath`
 
-Run only the tests that were specified with their exact paths.
+Run only the tests that were specified with their exact paths. This avoids converting them into a regular expression and matching it against every single file.
+
+For example, given the following file structure:
+
+```bash
+__tests__
+└── t1.test.js # test
+└── t2.test.js # test
+```
+
+When ran with a pattern, no test is found:
+
+```bash
+jest --runTestsByPath __tests__/t
+```
+
+Output:
+
+```bash
+No tests found
+```
+
+However, passing an exact path will execute only the given test:
+
+```bash
+jest --runTestsByPath __tests__/t1.test.js
+```
+
+Output:
+
+```bash
+PASS __tests__/t1.test.js
+```
 
 :::tip
 
diff --git a/e2e/__tests__/runTestsByPath.test.ts b/e2e/__tests__/runTestsByPath.test.ts
index 5ebf617ffb87..463d1fbf9467 100644
--- a/e2e/__tests__/runTestsByPath.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/__tests__/runTestsByPath.test.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ test('runs tests by exact path', () => {
   expect(run1.stderr).toMatch('PASS __tests__/t1.test.js');
   expect(run1.stderr).not.toMatch('PASS __tests__/t2.test.js');
 
-  // When running with thte flag and a pattern, no test is found.
+  // When running with the flag and a pattern, no test is found.
   const run2 = runJest(DIR, ['--runTestsByPath', '__tests__/t']);
   expect(run2.stdout).toMatch(/no tests found/i);