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--- a/rsync.yo
+++ b/rsync.yo
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 mailto(rsync-bugs@samba.org)
-manpage(rsync)(1)(8 Nov 2007)()()
+manpage(rsync)(1)(12 Jan 2008)()()
 manpagename(rsync)(a fast, versatile, remote (and local) file-copying tool)
 manpagesynopsis()
 
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ to the detailed description below for a complete description.  verb(
      --fake-super            store/recover privileged attrs using xattrs
  -S, --sparse                handle sparse files efficiently
  -n, --dry-run               perform a trial run with no changes made
- -W, --whole-file            copy files whole (without rsync algorithm)
+ -W, --whole-file            copy files whole (w/o delta-xfer algorithm)
  -x, --one-file-system       don't cross filesystem boundaries
  -B, --block-size=SIZE       force a fixed checksum block-size
  -e, --rsh=COMMAND           specify the remote shell to use
@@ -1038,7 +1038,7 @@ the "bytes sent", "bytes received", "literal data", and "matched data"
 statistics are too small, and the "speedup" value is equivalent to a run
 where no file transfers are needed.
 
-dit(bf(-W, --whole-file)) With this option the delta transfer algorithm
+dit(bf(-W, --whole-file)) With this option the delta-transfer algorithm
 is not used and the whole file is sent as-is instead.  The transfer may be
 faster if this option is used when the bandwidth between the source and
 destination machines is higher than the bandwidth to disk (especially when the
@@ -1944,6 +1944,8 @@ dit(bf(--password-file)) This option allows you to provide a password in a
 file for accessing an rsync daemon.  The file must not be world readable.
 It should contain just the password as a single line.
 
+This option does not supply a password to a remote shell transport such as
+ssh; to learn how to do that, consult the remote shell's documentation.
 When accessing an rsync daemon using a remote shell as the transport, this
 option only comes into effect after the remote shell finishes its
 authentication (i.e. if you have also specified a password in the daemon's
@@ -2015,7 +2017,8 @@ dit(bf(--iconv=CONVERT_SPEC)) Rsync can convert filenames between character
 sets using this option.  Using a CONVERT_SPEC of "." tells rsync to look up
 the default character-set via the locale setting.  Alternately, you can
 fully specify what conversion to do by giving a local and a remote charset
-separated by a comma (local first), e.g. bf(--iconv=utf8,iso88591).
+separated by a comma (local first), e.g. bf(--iconv=utf8,iso88591).  (Run
+"iconv --list" to see a list of the charset names that a machine supports.)
 Finally, you can specify a CONVERT_SPEC of "-" to turn off any conversion.
 The default setting of this option is site-specific, and can also be
 affected via the RSYNC_ICONV environment variable.
@@ -2800,7 +2803,8 @@ rsync daemon. You should set RSYNC_PROXY to a hostname:port pair.
 dit(bf(RSYNC_PASSWORD)) Setting RSYNC_PASSWORD to the required
 password allows you to run authenticated rsync connections to an rsync
 daemon without user intervention. Note that this does not supply a
-password to a shell transport such as ssh.
+password to a remote shell transport such as ssh; to learn how to do that,
+consult the remote shell's documentation.
 dit(bf(USER) or bf(LOGNAME)) The USER or LOGNAME environment variables
 are used to determine the default username sent to an rsync daemon.
 If neither is set, the username defaults to "nobody".
@@ -2834,7 +2838,7 @@ url(http://rsync.samba.org/)(http://rsync.samba.org/)
 
 manpagesection(VERSION)
 
-This man page is current for version 3.0.0pre5 of rsync.
+This man page is current for version 3.0.0pre8 of rsync.
 
 manpagesection(INTERNAL OPTIONS)