diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d71a1b9..57d1918 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -84,6 +84,11 @@ ssh.connect({
     console.log('STDOUT: ' + result.stdout)
     console.log('STDERR: ' + result.stderr)
   })
+  // Command output is trimmed by default. Pass noTrim when leading or trailing
+  // whitespace is meaningful, such as reading exact file contents.
+  ssh.execCommand('git show --textconv HEAD:README.md', { noTrim: true }).then(function(result) {
+    console.log('STDOUT: ' + result.stdout)
+  })
   // Command with escaped params
   ssh.exec('hh_client', ['--json'], { cwd: '/var/www', stream: 'stdout', options: { pty: true } }).then(function(result) {
     console.log('STDOUT: ' + result)
diff --git a/test/main-test.ts b/test/main-test.ts
index 34adc55..f54b2d8 100644
--- a/test/main-test.ts
+++ b/test/main-test.ts
@@ -501,4 +501,11 @@ sshit('has a working noTrim option', async function (t, port, client) {
 
   const resultWithoutTrim = await client.exec('echo', ['\n\n\nhi\n\n\n'], {stream: 'stdout', noTrim: true})
   t.is(resultWithoutTrim, '\n\n\nhi\n\n\n\n')
+
+  const commandResult = await client.execCommand(
+    'node -e "process.stdout.write(\'\\nstdout\\n\\n\'); process.stderr.write(\'\\nstderr\\n\\n\')"',
+    { noTrim: true },
+  )
+  t.is(commandResult.stdout, '\nstdout\n\n')
+  t.is(commandResult.stderr, '\nstderr\n\n')
 })