diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8beb69aabee..732bfb8dca3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -213,8 +213,10 @@ Where the `formats` available are:
 - `text`: A row-oriented, human-and-machine-friendly output.
 - `cyclonedx-xml`: A XML report conforming to the [CycloneDX 1.4 specification](https://cyclonedx.org/specification/overview/).
 - `cyclonedx-json`: A JSON report conforming to the [CycloneDX 1.4 specification](https://cyclonedx.org/specification/overview/).
-- `spdx-tag-value`: A tag-value formatted report conforming to the [SPDX 2.2 specification](https://spdx.github.io/spdx-spec/).
-- `spdx-json`: A JSON report conforming to the [SPDX 2.2 JSON Schema](https://github.com/spdx/spdx-spec/blob/v2.2/schemas/spdx-schema.json).
+- `spdx-tag-value`: A tag-value formatted report conforming to the [SPDX 2.3 specification](https://spdx.github.io/spdx-spec/v2.3/).
+- `spdx-tag-value@2.2`: A tag-value formatted report conforming to the [SPDX 2.2 specification](https://spdx.github.io/spdx-spec/v2.2.2/).
+- `spdx-json`: A JSON report conforming to the [SPDX 2.3 JSON Schema](https://github.com/spdx/spdx-spec/blob/v2.3/schemas/spdx-schema.json).
+- `spdx-json@2.2`: A JSON report conforming to the [SPDX 2.2 JSON Schema](https://github.com/spdx/spdx-spec/blob/v2.2/schemas/spdx-schema.json).
 - `github`: A JSON report conforming to GitHub's dependency snapshot format.
 - `table`: A columnar summary (default).
 - `template`: Lets the user specify the output format. See ["Using templates"](#using-templates) below.
diff --git a/cmd/syft/cli/packages.go b/cmd/syft/cli/packages.go
index 516553d75cd..9f34c52bb8a 100644
--- a/cmd/syft/cli/packages.go
+++ b/cmd/syft/cli/packages.go
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ const (
   {{.appName}} {{.command}} alpine:latest -o json                        show all possible cataloging details
   {{.appName}} {{.command}} alpine:latest -o cyclonedx                   show a CycloneDX formatted SBOM
   {{.appName}} {{.command}} alpine:latest -o cyclonedx-json              show a CycloneDX JSON formatted SBOM
-  {{.appName}} {{.command}} alpine:latest -o spdx                        show a SPDX 2.2 Tag-Value formatted SBOM
-  {{.appName}} {{.command}} alpine:latest -o spdx-json                   show a SPDX 2.2 JSON formatted SBOM
+  {{.appName}} {{.command}} alpine:latest -o spdx                        show a SPDX 2.3 Tag-Value formatted SBOM
+  {{.appName}} {{.command}} alpine:latest -o spdx@2.2                    show a SPDX 2.2 Tag-Value formatted SBOM
+  {{.appName}} {{.command}} alpine:latest -o spdx-json                   show a SPDX 2.3 JSON formatted SBOM
+  {{.appName}} {{.command}} alpine:latest -o spdx-json@2.2               show a SPDX 2.2 JSON formatted SBOM
   {{.appName}} {{.command}} alpine:latest -vv                            show verbose debug information
   {{.appName}} {{.command}} alpine:latest -o template -t my_format.tmpl  show a SBOM formatted according to given template file