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diff --git a/notmuch.1 b/notmuch.1
index eeb1a948..04bd0cf1 100644
--- a/notmuch.1
+++ b/notmuch.1
@@ -154,29 +154,6 @@ Supported options for
 include
 .RS 4
 .TP 4
-.BR \-\-max\-threads= <value>
-
-Restricts displayed search results to a subset of the complete results
-that would match the terms. With this option, no more than <value>
-thread results will be displayed. If this option is not used, then all
-matching threads will be displayed. See also the
-.B \-\-first
-option.
-
-.TP
-.BR \-\-first= <value>
-
-Omits the first <value> threads from the search results that would
-otherwise be displayed. Together with the
-.BR \-\-max\-threads
-option, this can be used to perform incremental searches. For example,
-the first 50 thread results can be displayed with
-.B "\-\-first=0 \-\-max\-threads=50"
-and the next 50 could be displayed with
-.B "\-\-first=50 \-\-max\-threads=50"
-etc.
-
-.TP
 .BR \-\-sort= ( newest\-first | oldest\-first )
 
 This option can be used to present results in either chronological order
@@ -234,9 +211,9 @@ section below for details of the supported syntax for <search-terms>.
 The
 .B reply
 command is useful for preparing a template for an email reply.
-
-.TP
-.BR reply " <search-term>..."
+.RS 4
+.TP 4
+.BR reply " [options...] <search-term>..."
 
 Constructs a reply template for a set of messages.
 
@@ -259,6 +236,21 @@ each line with '> ' and included in the body.
 
 The resulting message template is output to stdout.
 
+Supported options for
+.B reply
+include
+.RS
+.TP 4
+.BR \-\-format= ( default | headers\-only )
+.RS
+.TP 4
+.BR default
+Includes subject and quoted message body.
+.TP
+.BR headers-only
+Only produces In-Reply-To, References, To, Cc, and Bcc headers.
+.RE
+
 See the
 .B "SEARCH SYNTAX"
 section below for details of the supported syntax for <search-terms>.
@@ -271,6 +263,7 @@ once. For example, when a series of patches are sent in a single
 thread, replying to the entire thread allows for the reply to comment
 on issue found in multiple patches.
 .RE
+.RE
 
 The
 .B tag
@@ -408,6 +401,21 @@ Parentheses can also be used to control the combination of the Boolean
 operators, but will have to be protected from interpretation by the
 shell, (such as by putting quotation marks around any parenthesized
 expression).
+
+Finally, results can be restricted to only messages within a
+particular time range, (based on the Date: header) with a syntax of:
+
+	<intial-timestamp>..<final-timestamp>
+
+Each timestamp is a number representing the number of seconds since
+1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC. This is not the most convenient means of
+expressing date ranges, but until notmuch is fixed to accept a more
+convenient form, one can use the date program to construct
+timestamps. For example, with the bash shell the folowing syntax would
+specify a date range to return messages from 2009-10-01 until the
+current time:
+
+	$(date +%s -d 2009-10-01)..$(date +%s)
 .SH SEE ALSO
 The emacs-based interface to notmuch (available as
 .B notmuch.el