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+++ b/rsync.yo
@@ -216,17 +216,6 @@ Here is a short summary of the options available in rsync. Please refer
 to the detailed description below for a complete description.
 
 verb(
-Usage: rsync [OPTION]... SRC [SRC]... [USER@]HOST:DEST
-  or   rsync [OPTION]... [USER@]HOST:SRC DEST
-  or   rsync [OPTION]... SRC [SRC]... DEST
-  or   rsync [OPTION]... [USER@]HOST::SRC [DEST]
-  or   rsync [OPTION]... SRC [SRC]... [USER@]HOST::DEST
-  or   rsync [OPTION]... rsync://[USER@]HOST[:PORT]/SRC [DEST]
-SRC on single-colon remote HOST will be expanded by remote shell
-SRC on server remote HOST may contain shell wildcards or multiple
-  sources separated by space as long as they have same top-level
-
-Options
  -v, --verbose               increase verbosity
  -q, --quiet                 decrease verbosity
  -c, --checksum              always checksum
@@ -234,6 +223,7 @@ Options
  -r, --recursive             recurse into directories
  -R, --relative              use relative path names
  -b, --backup                make backups (default ~ suffix)
+     --backup-dir=DIR        put backups in the specified directory
      --suffix=SUFFIX         override backup suffix
  -u, --update                update only (don't overwrite newer files)
  -l, --links                 preserve soft links
@@ -254,8 +244,11 @@ Options
  -e, --rsh=COMMAND           specify rsh replacement
      --rsync-path=PATH       specify path to rsync on the remote machine
  -C, --cvs-exclude           auto ignore files in the same way CVS does
+     --existing              only update files that already exist
      --delete                delete files that don't exist on the sending side
      --delete-excluded       also delete excluded files on the receiving side
+     --delete-after          delete after transferring, not before
+     --max-delete=NUM        don't delete more than NUM files
      --partial               keep partially transferred files
      --force                 force deletion of directories even if not empty
      --numeric-ids           don't map uid/gid values by user/group name
@@ -356,6 +349,10 @@ dit(bf(-b, --backup)) With this option preexisting destination files are
 renamed with a ~ extension as each file is transferred.  You can
 control the backup suffix using the --suffix option.
 
+dit(bf(--backup-dir=DIR)) In combination with the --backup option, this
+tells rsync to store all backups in the specified directory. This is
+very useful for incremental backups.
+
 dit(bf(--suffix=SUFFIX)) This option allows you to override the default
 backup suffix used with the -b option. The default is a ~.
 
@@ -433,6 +430,13 @@ dit(bf(-x, --one-file-system)) This tells rsync not to cross filesystem
 boundaries  when recursing.  This  is useful for transferring the
 contents of only one filesystem.
 
+dit(bf(--existing)) This tells rsync not to create any new files -
+only update files that already exist on the destination.
+
+dit(bf(--max-delete=NUM)) This tells rsync not to delete more than NUM
+files or directories. This is useful when mirroring very large trees
+to prevent disasters.
+
 dit(bf(--delete)) This tells rsync to delete any files on the receiving
 side that aren't on the sending side.   Files that are excluded from
 transfer are excluded from being deleted unless you use --delete-excluded.