-.TH NOTMUCH-SHOW 1 2012-02-29 "Notmuch 0.12~rc1"
+.TH NOTMUCH-SHOW 1 2012-03-19 "Notmuch 0.12"
.SH NAME
notmuch-show \- Show messages matching the given search terms.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.TP 4
.BR raw " (default for a single part, see \-\-part)"
-For a message, the original, raw content of the email message is
-output. Consumers of this format should expect to implement MIME
-decoding and similar functions.
+For a message or an attached message part, the original, raw content
+of the email message is output. Consumers of this format should expect
+to implement MIME decoding and similar functions.
For a single part (\-\-part) the raw part content is output after
-performing any necessary MIME decoding.
+performing any necessary MIME decoding. Note that messages with a
+simple body still have two parts: part 0 is the whole message and part
+1 is the body.
+
+For a multipart part, the part headers and body (including all child
+parts) is output.
The raw format must only be used with search terms matching single
message.
.SH SEE ALSO
\fBnotmuch\fR(1), \fBnotmuch-config\fR(1), \fBnotmuch-count\fR(1),
-\fBnotmuch-dump\fR(5), \fBnotmuch-hooks\fR(5), \fBnotmuch-new\fR(1),
-\fBnotmuch-part\fR(1), \fBnotmuch-reply\fR(1),
-\fBnotmuch-restore\fR(1), \fBnotmuch-search\fR(1),
-\fBnotmuch-search-terms\fR(7), \fBnotmuch-tag\fR(1)
+\fBnotmuch-dump\fR(1), \fBnotmuch-hooks\fR(5), \fBnotmuch-new\fR(1),
+\fBnotmuch-reply\fR(1), \fBnotmuch-restore\fR(1),
+\fBnotmuch-search\fR(1), \fBnotmuch-search-terms\fR(7),
+\fBnotmuch-tag\fR(1)