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@@ -70,3 +70,7 @@ org, e.g. a Dev Hub. Set with SFDX_CLIENT_ID.
 ## `SFDX_ORG_CREATE_ARGS`
 
 Extra arguments passed to `sf org create scratch`.
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+To provide additional arguments, use the following format. For instance, to set the release to "preview", the environment variable would be: "--release=preview"
+
+To specify multiple options, you can include them together, like: "--edition=developer --release=preview"