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diff --git a/a8xd.1 b/a8xd.1
index 385983e..1995470 100644
--- a/a8xd.1
+++ b/a8xd.1
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ Print XL/XE International Character Set conversions instead of ATASCII.
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-l \fIlen\fP
-\fB*\fP Stop after dumping \fIlen\fP bytes. \fIlen\fP may be given in decimal or hex (with
+Stop after dumping \fIlen\fP bytes. \fIlen\fP may be given in decimal or hex (with
leading \fI0x\fP or \fI$\fP).
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
@@ -86,10 +86,12 @@ set are still displayed in inverse.
.TP
.B \-o \fIoffset\fP
Add \fIoffset\fP to displayed file position. \fIoffset\fP can be given in decimal
-or hex (with leading \fI0x\fP or \fI$\fP).
+or hex (with leading \fI0x\fP or \fI$\fP). Negative offsets are allowed, but they
+will be printed as very large positive numbers in the output (this matches
+\fBxxd\fP\(aqs behaviour).
.TP
.B \-s \fI[\-]seek\fP
-\fB*\fP Start at \fIseek\fP bytes. Without \fI\-\fP, this is an absolute offset. With \fI\-\fP,
+Start at \fIseek\fP bytes. Without \fI\-\fP, this is an absolute offset. With \fI\-\fP,
it\(aqs relative to the end of the file. The \fI\-\fP option won\(aqt work when
reading from standard input. \fIseek\fP may be given in decimal or hex
(with leading \fI0x\fP or \fI$\fP).
@@ -100,7 +102,8 @@ reading from standard input. \fIseek\fP may be given in decimal or hex
Use uppercase letters for hex digits; the default is lowercase.
.TP
.B \-v
-Verbose. Currently, this option is accepted, but it doesn\(aqt do anything yet.
+Verbose. Shows various debug messages that are probably only useful
+if you\(aqre hacking on \fBa8xd\fP\&.
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
@@ -134,6 +137,9 @@ missing are:
.IP \(bu 2
\fB\-b\fP (bits mode).
.UNINDENT
+.sp
+Another difference is that \fBa8xd\fP doesn\(aqt support files larger than
+2GB. This won\(aqt be a problem for Atari 8\-bit\-related files!
.SH COPYRIGHT
.sp
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