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diff --git a/progs/pixie.1 b/progs/pixie.1
index ced4b48..7769e9f 100644
--- a/progs/pixie.1
+++ b/progs/pixie.1
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 pixie \- Catacomb passphrase pixie
 .SH "SYNOPSIS"
 .B pixie
-.RB [ \-qvfidl ]
+.RB [ \-qvfidlr ]
 .RB [ \-c
 .IR command ]
 .RB [ \-t
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@ the socket to which a connection is made.  If running as a server, and
 the socket already exists, the pixie currently listening on the socket
 is told to quit.
 .TP
+.B "\-r, \-\-replace"
+If there's already a pixie listening on the socket then ask it to quit.
+The default behaviour is to report an error and exit in this case.
+.TP
 .BI "\-c, \-\-command=" command
 Specifies a shell command to be run by the pixie when an unknown
 passphrase is requested by a client.
@@ -173,7 +177,9 @@ is complete.
 .PP
 If the attempt failed because a file with the required name already
 exists and is not a socket, the pixie reports an error and exits.  If
-there's already a socket with that name, the pixie connects to it, sends
+there's already a socket with that name, the pixie quits unless the
+.B \-\-replace
+option is given: in the latter case, the pixie connects to it, sends
 a
 .B QUIT
 request to the server, waits for a second and retries.  If the