X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?p=notmuch;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fman1%2Fnotmuch.rst;h=358f42e8d5bef9335a9649839b0e73289ddadc61;hp=fbd7f381675748cfca83d5818a50669323485117;hb=c5356b9ed56e42d36ca18206155b62c94cfbd79d;hpb=02421015fd7f9e31f17c5c8e211df33254546789

diff --git a/doc/man1/notmuch.rst b/doc/man1/notmuch.rst
index fbd7f381..358f42e8 100644
--- a/doc/man1/notmuch.rst
+++ b/doc/man1/notmuch.rst
@@ -123,7 +123,21 @@ If the given command is not known to notmuch, notmuch tries to execute
 the external **notmuch-<subcommand>** in ${PATH} instead. This allows
 users to have their own notmuch related tools to be run via the
 notmuch command. By design, this does not allow notmuch's own commands
-to be overriden using external commands.
+to be overridden using external commands.
+
+OPTION SYNTAX
+-------------
+
+All options accepting an argument can be used with '=' or ':' as a
+separator. For the cases where it's not ambiguous (in particular
+excluding boolean options), a space can also be used. The following
+are all equivalent:
+
+::
+
+   notmuch --config=alt-config config get user.name
+   notmuch --config:alt-config config get user.name
+   notmuch --config alt-config config get user.name
 
 ENVIRONMENT
 ===========
@@ -147,11 +161,22 @@ of notmuch.
 SEE ALSO
 ========
 
-**notmuch-address(1)**, **notmuch-compact(1)**, **notmuch-config(1)**,
-**notmuch-count(1)**, **notmuch-dump(1)**, **notmuch-hooks(5)**,
-**notmuch-insert(1)**, **notmuch-new(1)**, **notmuch-reply(1)**,
-**notmuch-restore(1)**, **notmuch-search(1)**,
-**notmuch-search-terms(7)**, **notmuch-show(1)**, **notmuch-tag(1)**
+**notmuch-address(1)**,
+**notmuch-compact(1)**,
+**notmuch-config(1)**,
+**notmuch-count(1)**,
+**notmuch-dump(1)**,
+**notmuch-hooks(5)**,
+**notmuch-insert(1)**,
+**notmuch-new(1)**,
+**notmuch-properties(7)**,
+**notmuch-reindex(1)**,
+**notmuch-reply(1)**,
+**notmuch-restore(1)**,
+**notmuch-search(1)**,
+**notmuch-search-terms(7)**,
+**notmuch-show(1)**,
+**notmuch-tag(1)**
 
 The notmuch website: **https://notmuchmail.org**