diff --git a/ci/release/changelogs/next.md b/ci/release/changelogs/next.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 - `d2 fmt` now supports a `--check` flag [#2253](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/2253)
 - CLI: PNG output to stdout is supported using `--stdout-format png -` [#2291](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/2291)
 - Globs: `&connected` and `&leaf` filters are implemented [#2299](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/2299)
+- CLI: add --no-xml-tag for direct HTML embedding [#2302](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/2302)
 
 #### Improvements 🧹
 

diff --git a/d2cli/main.go b/d2cli/main.go
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ func Run(ctx context.Context, ms *xmain.State) (err error) {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	noXMLTagFlag, err := ms.Opts.Bool("D2_NO_XML_TAG", "no-xml-tag", "", false, "suppress the XML declaration in SVG output")
+	noXMLTagFlag, err := ms.Opts.Bool("D2_NO_XML_TAG", "no-xml-tag", "", false, "omit XML tag (<?xml ...?>) from output SVG files. Useful when generating SVGs for direct HTML embedding")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}