diff --git a/esque/cli/commands.py b/esque/cli/commands.py
index 286c4bb1..699e375a 100644
--- a/esque/cli/commands.py
+++ b/esque/cli/commands.py
@@ -1191,6 +1191,20 @@ def io(input_uri: str, output_uri: str):
 
     \b
     Available Serializers:
+    - raw
+      Doesn't deserialize the message payload and ignores the schema. Basically transfers messages 1:1.
+      Useful if you don't need to do any transformations and just want to get data from A to B without the overhead of
+      serialization, deserialization and schema handling.
+      WARNING: Be careful with data that has a schema which was or has to be registered by a schema registry!
+               This binary data is usually prefixed with a schema id that is valid only for one specific registry
+               instance. Transferring it to a different cluster 1:1 most likely makes it unable to be deserialized
+               because of two reasons:
+                 1. The schema id is from another schema registry instance and either doesn't exist on the target or
+                    refers to the wrong schema.
+                 2. The schema was not registered for the target subject in the target schema registry.
+      Supported Parameters:
+       none
+
     - json
       Supported Parameters:
         * indent
diff --git a/esque/io/serializers/__init__.py b/esque/io/serializers/__init__.py
index ad98ca6e..942de28b 100644
--- a/esque/io/serializers/__init__.py
+++ b/esque/io/serializers/__init__.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from esque.io.exceptions import EsqueIOSerializerConfigException
 from esque.io.serializers.base import DataSerializer, SerializerConfig
 from esque.io.serializers.json import JsonSerializer
+from esque.io.serializers.raw import RawSerializer
 from esque.io.serializers.registry_avro import RegistryAvroSerializer
 from esque.io.serializers.string import StringSerializer
 
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@
     "str": StringSerializer,
     "reg-avro": RegistryAvroSerializer,
     "json": JsonSerializer,
+    "raw": RawSerializer,
 }
 
 
diff --git a/esque/io/serializers/raw.py b/esque/io/serializers/raw.py
index 6b053739..ece53d21 100644
--- a/esque/io/serializers/raw.py
+++ b/esque/io/serializers/raw.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ class RawSerializerConfig(SerializerConfig):
 
 
 class RawSerializer(DataSerializer):
+    config_cls = RawSerializerConfig
     unknown_data_type: UnknownDataType = UnknownDataType()
 
     def deserialize(self, raw_data: bytes) -> Data: