diff --git a/src/doc/man/recoll.1 b/src/doc/man/recoll.1
index a31b7259..1f3cd40c 100644
--- a/src/doc/man/recoll.1
+++ b/src/doc/man/recoll.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $Id: recoll.1,v 1.2 2006-09-08 09:02:47 dockes Exp $ (C) 2005 J.F.Dockes\$
+.\" $Id: recoll.1,v 1.3 2007-11-13 18:42:18 dockes Exp $ (C) 2005 J.F.Dockes\$
 .TH RECOLL 1 "8 January 2006"
 .SH NAME
 recoll \- user interface for the Recoll full text search system
@@ -8,6 +8,22 @@ recoll \- user interface for the Recoll full text search system
 .B -c
 <configdir>
 ]
+[
+.B -o
+|
+.B -l
+|
+.B -f
+|
+.B -a
+]
+[
+.B -t
+]
+[
+.B -q
+<query>
+]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The
 .B recoll
@@ -25,7 +41,38 @@ The
 option specifies the configuration directory name, overriding the
 default or $RECOLL_CONFDIR.
 .PP
+The 
+.B -q 
+option can be used to specify an initial query on the command line. This
+query will be interpreted by default as a query language string.
+If
+.B -a 
+is specified, the query string will be interpreted as an
+.I all words
+simple search query. If 
+.B -o 
+is specified, the query string will be interpreted as an
+.I any word
+simple search query. If 
+.B -f
+is specified, the query string will be interpreted as a
+.I file name
+simple search query. If 
+.B -l
+is specified, the query string will be interpreted as a
+.I query language
+simple search query.
+.PP
+If 
+.B -t
+is specified, the Graphical User Interface will not be started, and results
+will be printed to the standard output. Additional options understood by
+the 
+.B recollq
+command may be specified in this case. These can control the output format
+and the maximum number of results to be printed.
+.PP
 Please refer to online help for a full description.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .PP 
-recollindex(1) recoll.conf(5)
+recollindex(1) recollq(1) recoll.conf(5)