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diff --git a/client/tripectl.1.in b/client/tripectl.1.in
index d517f9bc..33e56cc9 100644
--- a/client/tripectl.1.in
+++ b/client/tripectl.1.in
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ tripectl \- simple client for TrIPE
 .RI [ args ]...]
 .br
 .B tripectl
-.RB [ \-Dl ]
+.RB [ \-Dlt ]
 .RB [ \-f
 .IR file ]
 .RB [ \-\fIoptions ]
@@ -200,7 +200,9 @@ and
 options.
 .TP
 .BI "\-G, \-\-setgid=" group
-Set gid to that of
+If the current effective uid is zero (i.e., the daemon was invoked as
+.BR root )
+then set gid to that of
 .I group
 (either a group name or integer gid) after initialization.  If a new
 .BR tripe (8)
@@ -221,12 +223,26 @@ trace messages are logged with severity
 .BI "\-f, \-\-logfile=" file
 Write warnings and trace messages to
 .IR file .
-On receipt of a
+The
+.I file
+may be
+.RB ` \- '
+to request output to stdout, or
+.RB ` ! '
+to request output to stderr.  If a proper filename is given (rather than
+one of these special tokens), then on receipt of a
 .B SIGHUP
 signal,
 .B tripectl
-will close its log file and reopen a new one with the same name.  This
-is useful when you rotate logs.
+will close its log file and reopen a new one with the same name; this is
+useful when you rotate logs.
+.TP
+.B "\-t, \-\-no-timestamp"
+When logging to a file (with
+.BR \-f ),
+don't prefix log items with a timestamp.  This is useful when the log
+output is being captured by some process which will add its own
+timestamps anyway.
 .TP
 .B "\-w, \-\-warnings"
 Write warnings to standard error even when running noninteractively.