Abstract: A guiding device for an automatic bag-filling machine. After the bag has been filled, a finger is disposed in prolongation of front guiding rails. Tube sections are disposed in prolongation of rear guiding rails, with a result that the mouth of the bag is gripped and guided so as to engage between the guiding rails as a conveyor moves the bag along. Creases in the upper portion of the bag are removed on the shifting of the bag along the conveyor.