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index b53beb3..41cd28c 100644
--- a/blob2xex.1
+++ b/blob2xex.1
@@ -58,7 +58,10 @@ output. \fBblob2xex\fP will not write output to a terminal; \fB\-\fP must
be used with redirection or a pipe.
.sp
If \fIoutfile\fP or any \fIinfile\fP is a filename that begins with a \fB\-\fP,
-prefix it with "./", otherwise it\(aqll be taken as an option.
+prefix it with "./", otherwise it\(aqll be taken as an option. The GNU
+style \fB\-\-\fP (end of options) isn\(aqt implemented because it doesn\(aqt
+make sense here. How often do you really use \fB\-\fP at the start of a
+filename, anyway?
.sp
Addresses, offsets, and sizes may be given in decimal or hex. Hex
addresses must be prefixed with either \fB$\fP or \fB0x\fP\&.
@@ -69,21 +72,23 @@ not \fB\-l0x2000\fP\&.
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-r \fIrunaddr\fP
-Optional; set the run address. Since a .xex file can only have one
-run address, there\(aqs no point in giving multiple \fB\-r\fP options. If
-you do, the last one will be used. This option should be first on
-the command line (right after \fIoutfile\fP), or at least must occur
-before any \fIinfile\fP\&.
+Optional; set the run address. Default is no run address. Since a
+\&.xex file can only have one run address, there\(aqs no point in giving
+multiple \fB\-r\fP options. If you do, the last one will be used. This
+option should be first on the command line (right after \fIoutfile\fP),
+or at least must occur before any \fIinfile\fP\&.
.TP
.B \-l \fIloadaddr\fP
-Set the load address of the next \fIinfile\fP\&. Each \fIinfile\fP must be preceded by
-a \fB\-l\fP option.
+Required; set the load address of the next \fIinfile\fP\&. Each \fIinfile\fP
+\fBmust\fP be preceded by a \fB\-l\fP option.
.TP
.B \-i \fIinitaddr\fP
Optional; set an init address, to be executed after the next segment loads.
+Default is no init address.
.TP
.B \-o \fIoffset\fP
Optional; skip this many bytes of the next input file. Default is \fB0\fP\&.
+See the \fBComplex Example\fP below.
.TP
.B \-s \fIsize\fP
Optional; read this many bytes of the next input file. Default is the entire file,