diff --git a/docs/advanced-features/static-html-export.md b/docs/advanced-features/static-html-export.md
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--- a/docs/advanced-features/static-html-export.md
+++ b/docs/advanced-features/static-html-export.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ description: Export your Next.js app to static HTML, and run it standalone witho
The exported app supports almost every feature of Next.js, including dynamic routes, prefetching, preloading and dynamic imports.
-The way `next export` works is by prerendering all pages to HTML; it does so based on a mapping called [`exportPathMap`](/docs/api-reference/next.config.js/exportPathMap.md).
+The way `next export` works is by prerendering all pages to HTML; it does so based on a mapping called [`exportPathMap`](/docs/api-reference/next.config.js/exportPathMap.md) which offers a way to pre-define paths you will render as html.
> If your pages don't have `getInitialProps` you may not need `next export` at all; `next build` is already enough thanks to [Automatic Static Optimization](/docs/advanced-features/automatic-static-optimization.md).