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@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ hashsum \- compute and verify cryptographic checksums of files
 .RB [ \-f0ecbv ]
 .RB [ \-a
 .IR algorithm ]
+.RB [ \-E
+.IR encoding ]
 .IR files ...
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The
@@ -52,6 +54,9 @@ successfully.
 .B "\-u, \-\-usage"
 Prints a brief usage summary to standard output and exits successfully.
 .TP
+.BR "\-l, \-\-list " [ \fIitem ...]
+Show lists of hash functions and encodings supported.
+.TP
 .BI "\-a, \-\-algorithm=" alg
 Use the hash algorithm
 .IR alg .
@@ -60,9 +65,20 @@ see
 .B "Hashing algorithms"
 below.
 .TP
-.B "\-l, \-\-list"
-Prints a space-separated list of available hashing algorithms to
-standard output and exits successfully.
+.BI "\-E, \-\-encoding=" encoding
+Use the given
+.I encoding
+to represent hashes in the output.  This is not interoperable with other
+programs, but it's handy, e.g., for building sha1 URNs.  The encodings
+recognized are
+.B hex 
+(the default),
+.B base64
+and
+.BR base32 .
+Type
+.B hashsum \-\-list enc
+for a list of supported encodings.
 .TP
 .B "\-f, \-\-files"
 Each input file is considered to be a list of filenames which should be
@@ -132,19 +148,19 @@ character.  Two directives are currently understood:
 Subsequent hashes in this file were generated using the algorithm
 .IR alg .
 .TP
+.BI "#encoding " encoding
+Subsequent hashes in this file are represented using the named
+.IR encoding .
+.TP
 .BI "#escape"
 Filenames in subsequence lines are written using the `escaped' format,
 described below.
 .PP
 A
 .I "file line"
-consists of a hash, in hexadecimal, followed by a space, a
+consists of a hash, in the requested encoding, followed by a space, a
 .IR flag ,
-and the filename.  If the current hash algorithm produces
-.IR n -bit
-output, there must be
-.IR n /4
-hex digits of hash in a file line.  The
+and the filename.  The
 .I flag
 is either a star
 .RB (` * ')