diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index a71d5a02..3de30a32 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 1.8.10.dev0
  * Fix handling of the NO_COLOR environment variable to ignore an empty value.
+ * Add documentation about backing up containerized databases by configuring borgmatic to exec into
+   a container to run a dump command:
+   https://torsion.org/borgmatic/docs/how-to/backup-your-databases/#containers
 
 1.8.9
  * #311: Add custom dump/restore command options for MySQL and MariaDB.
diff --git a/docs/how-to/backup-your-databases.md b/docs/how-to/backup-your-databases.md
index 64db6cfd..dfb57cbb 100644
--- a/docs/how-to/backup-your-databases.md
+++ b/docs/how-to/backup-your-databases.md
@@ -206,6 +206,36 @@ hooks:
 
 Alter the ports in these examples to suit your particular database system.
 
+Normally, borgmatic dumps a database by running a database dump command (e.g.
+`pg_dump`) on the host or wherever borgmatic is running, and this command
+connects to your containerized database via the given `hostname` and `port`.
+But if you don't have any database dump commands installed on your host and
+you'd rather use the commands inside your database container itself, borgmatic
+supports that too. Just configure borgmatic to `exec` into your container to
+run the dump command.
+
+For instance, if using Docker and PostgreSQL, something like this might work:
+
+```yaml
+hooks:
+    postgresql_databases:
+        - name: users
+          hostname: 127.0.0.1
+          port: 5433
+          username: postgres
+          password: trustsome1
+          pg_dump_command: docker exec my_pg_container pg_dump
+```
+
+... where `my_pg_container` is the name of your database container. In this
+example, you'd also need to set the `pg_restore_command` and `psql_command`
+options.
+
+Similar command override options are available for (some of) the other
+supported database types as well. See the [configuration
+reference](https://torsion.org/borgmatic/docs/reference/configuration/) for
+details.
+
 
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