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diff --git a/source/ap/slackpkg/files/slackpkg.8 b/source/ap/slackpkg/files/slackpkg.8
index 4ec901a4..b1baa45d 100644
--- a/source/ap/slackpkg/files/slackpkg.8
+++ b/source/ap/slackpkg/files/slackpkg.8
@@ -6,18 +6,13 @@
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B slackpkg
.B [OPTIONS]
-.B {install|remove|search|upgrade|reinstall|blacklist}
+.B {install|remove|search|file-search|download|upgrade|reinstall|blacklist}
.BI { PATTERN | FILE }
.B slackpkg [OPTIONS] {clean-system|upgrade-all|install-new}
.B slackpkg
.B [OPTIONS]
-.B {search|file-search}
-.BI { PATTERN | FILE }
-
-.B slackpkg
-.B [OPTIONS]
.B {generate-template|install-template|remove-template}
.I TEMPLATENAME
@@ -26,7 +21,7 @@
.B slackpkg [OPTIONS] update [gpg]
-.B slackpkg [OPTIONS] {new-config|check-updates}
+.B slackpkg [OPTIONS] {new-config|check-updates|show-changelog}
.B slackpkg [OPTIONS] help
@@ -154,6 +149,11 @@ Verify if there is any update to ChangeLog.txt. This is good to be used from
cron to alert the sysadmin about updates.
.TP 5
+.B show-changelog
+.br
+Display Slackware ChangeLog.txt file and exit.
+
+.TP 5
.B file-search
.br
You can search the official Slackware packages for any file in the Slackware
@@ -166,6 +166,12 @@ distribution. Do you need a strange library? Use file-search to find it.
All packages with matching "filename" will be shown, thus you can see whether
the packages are installed or not; if not, you can download and install them
with other slackpkg actions.
+Multiple filenames may be requested for searching by separating them with
+space; those fragments will be ORed;
+still, "filename" must be one argument; quotes and/or escapes are at your
+discretion.
+See also
+.BR CAVEATS .
.TP 5
.B search
@@ -301,6 +307,13 @@ careful, this can put your machine in an unusable state. The "include"
handling can be activated/deactivated in slackpkg.conf or with the
appropriate option in command-line.
+.SH CAVEATS
+Long story short \(em spaces in filenames (of "file-search" action) are not
+supported.
+If you happen to be looking for a filename-with-space, you are safe to use the
+left-most part up to the space (in that the right-most part after the space
+will be ignored anyway (at best) or yield noise (at worst)).
+
.SH FILES
.TP 5
.B /etc/slackpkg/mirrors