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diff --git a/mymail.1 b/mymail.1
index 2bb8d43..7d6c963 100644
--- a/mymail.1
+++ b/mymail.1
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ mymail \- A simple command line utility for indexing and searching mbox files
 
 .SH "SYNOPSIS"
 
-\fBmymail\fP [\fIoptions\fR] [\fI<mbox dir1>\fR [\fI<mbox dir2>\fR ...]]
+\fBmymail\fP [\fIoptions\fR] [\fI<mbox dir1>\fR [\fI<mbox dir2>\fR ... ]|\fI<db file1>\fR [\fI<db file2>\fR ... ]]\n");
 
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
 
-\fBmymail\fP is a command line utility for to index mbox files and
-perform quick searches based on sender, subject, etc.
+\fBmymail\fP is a command line utility to index mbox files and perform
+quick searches based on sender, subject, etc.
 
 It is similar in spirit to other existing software such as mu or
 notmuch, but does not use a real database backend to store and query
@@ -71,15 +71,22 @@ is prefaced by the character "!" it is negated, and has to be false
 for a mail to be selected.
 
 .TP
-\fBf <regexp>\fR selects mails whose field From, From:, or Reply-To: matches the regexp.
+\fBf <regexp>\fR (from) selects mails whose leading line From, or
+fields From:, or Reply-To: matches the regexp.
 .TP
-\fBt <regexp>\fR selects mails whose field To:, Cc:, or Bcc: matches the regexp.
+\fBt <regexp>\fR (to) selects mails whose field To:, Cc:, or Bcc: matches the regexp.
 .TP
-\fBp <regexp>\fR selects mails whose field From, From:, Reply-To:, To:, Cc:, or Bcc: matches the regexp.
+\fBp <regexp>\fR (participant) selects mails whose leading line From,
+or fields From:, Reply-To:, To:, Cc:, or Bcc: matches the regexp.
 .TP
-\fBs <regexp>\fR selects mails whose field Subject: matches the regexp.
+\fBs <regexp>\fR (subject) selects mails whose field Subject: matches the regexp.
 .TP
-\fBd <regexp>\fR selects mails whose field Date: matches the regexp.
+\fBd <regexp>\fR (date) selects mails whose field Date: matches the regexp.
+.TP
+\fBb <regexp>\fR (body) selects mails whose body matches the
+regexp. This needs to read fully the original mboxes and can take a
+long time. Other conditions have to be fulfilled before the body is
+read though.
 
 .SH "EXAMPLES"
 
@@ -95,7 +102,7 @@ mymail --db-file /tmp/mymail/2010-2011/mymail.db --index ~/archives/mails/2010 ~
 
 To search in all the database files *.db located (recursively) in
 /tmp/mymail, for all the mails having bob.something as sender or
-recipient, without "spam" in the subject, and creating a result mbox
+recipient, without "spam" in the subject, and create a result mbox
 file /tmp/mymail/mbox
 
 .RS
@@ -106,7 +113,8 @@ mymail --db-pattern '\\.db$' --db-root /tmp/mymail --search 'p bob.something' --
 
 .SH "BUGS"
 
-None known, probably many.
+The search in the mail bodies does not decode mimencoding mails, hence
+will not catch patterns in encoded text.
 
 .SH "AUTHOR"