diff --git a/doc/running.html b/doc/running.html
index 3afc1b56..9dd2b411 100644
--- a/doc/running.html
+++ b/doc/running.html
@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ file name:
 </p>
 <ul>
 <li><tt>c</tt> &mdash; C source file, exported bytecode data.</li>
-<li><tt>h</tt> &mdash; C header file, static bytecode data.</li>
+<li><tt>cc</tt> &mdash; C++ source file, exported bytecode data.</li>
+<li><tt>h</tt> &mdash; C/C++ header file, static bytecode data.</li>
 <li><tt>obj</tt> or <tt>o</tt> &mdash; Object file, exported bytecode data
 (OS- and architecture-specific).</li>
 <li><tt>raw</tt> or any other extension &mdash; Raw bytecode file (portable).
diff --git a/src/jit/bcsave.lua b/src/jit/bcsave.lua
index 74699f3d..390d297c 100644
--- a/src/jit/bcsave.lua
+++ b/src/jit/bcsave.lua
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Save LuaJIT bytecode: luajit -b[options] input output
   --        Stop handling options.
   -         Use stdin as input and/or stdout as output.
 
-File types: c h obj o raw (default)
+File types: c cc h obj o raw (default)
 ]]
   os.exit(1)
 end
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ end
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 local map_type = {
-  raw = "raw", c = "c", h = "h", o = "obj", obj = "obj",
+  raw = "raw", c = "c", cc = "c", h = "h", o = "obj", obj = "obj",
 }
 
 local map_arch = {