diff --git a/docs/guide/cli-service.md b/docs/guide/cli-service.md
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--- a/docs/guide/cli-service.md
+++ b/docs/guide/cli-service.md
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ The `vue-cli-service serve` command starts a dev server (based on [webpack-dev-s
 
 In addition to the command line flags, you can also configure the dev server using the [devServer](../config/#devserver) field in `vue.config.js`.
 
-`[entry]` in the CLI command is defined as *the entry file*, not *an additional entry file*. If you overwrite the entry in the CLI, then the entries from `config.pages` are no longer considered, which may cause an error.
+`[entry]` in the CLI command is defined as *the entry file*, not *an additional entry file*. If you overwrite the entry in the CLI, then the entries from `config.pages` are no longer considered, which may cause an error. Defaults to [entryFile](../dev-guide/generator-api.html#entryfile).
 
 ## vue-cli-service build