diff --git a/src/sphinxnotes/snippet/__init__.py b/src/sphinxnotes/snippet/__init__.py
index 9736afd..042d354 100644
--- a/src/sphinxnotes/snippet/__init__.py
+++ b/src/sphinxnotes/snippet/__init__.py
@@ -7,11 +7,14 @@
 """
 
 from __future__ import annotations
-from typing import List, Tuple, Optional
+from typing import List, Tuple, Optional, TYPE_CHECKING
 import itertools
 
 from docutils import nodes
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from sphinx.environment import BuildEnvironment
+
 __version__ = '1.1.1'
 
 
@@ -22,6 +25,10 @@ class Snippet(object):
     :param nodes: Document nodes that make up this snippet
     """
 
+    #: docname where the snippet is located, can be referenced by
+    # :rst:role:`doc`.
+    docname: str
+
     #: Source file path of snippet
     file: str
 
@@ -41,7 +48,9 @@ class Snippet(object):
     def __init__(self, *nodes: nodes.Node) -> None:
         assert len(nodes) != 0
 
+        env: BuildEnvironment = nodes[0].document.settings.env
         self.file = nodes[0].source
+        self.docname = env.path2doc(self.file)
 
         lineno = [float('inf'), -float('inf')]
         for node in nodes:
diff --git a/src/sphinxnotes/snippet/cli.py b/src/sphinxnotes/snippet/cli.py
index 277d410..dcc732f 100644
--- a/src/sphinxnotes/snippet/cli.py
+++ b/src/sphinxnotes/snippet/cli.py
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ def main(argv: List[str] = sys.argv[1:]):
         formatter_class=HelpFormatter,
         help='get information of snippet by index ID',
     )
+    getparser.add_argument(
+        '--docname', '-d', action='store_true', help='get docname of snippet'
+    )
     getparser.add_argument(
         '--file', '-f', action='store_true', help='get source file path of snippet'
     )
@@ -216,6 +219,8 @@ def _on_command_get(args: argparse.Namespace):
             sys.exit(1)
         if args.text:
             print('\n'.join(item.snippet.rst))
+        if args.docname:
+            print(item.snippet.docname)
         if args.file:
             print(item.snippet.file)
         if args.url: