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diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo
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--- a/rsync.yo
+++ b/rsync.yo
@@ -1422,7 +1422,7 @@ characters are not translated (such as ~, $, ;, &, etc.).  Wildcards are
 expanded on the remote host by rsync (instead of the shell doing it).
 
 If you use this option with bf(--iconv), the args will also be translated
-from the local to the remote character set.  The translation happens before
+from the local to the remote character-set.  The translation happens before
 wild-cards are expanded.  See also the bf(--files-from) option.
 
 dit(bf(-T, --temp-dir=DIR)) This option instructs rsync to use DIR as a
@@ -2033,12 +2033,17 @@ 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).  (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.
+separated by a comma in the order bf(--iconv=LOCAL,REMOTE), e.g.
+bf(--iconv=utf8,iso88591).  This order ensures that the option
+will stay the same whether you're pushing or pulling files.
+Finally, you can specify either bf(--no-iconv) or 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.
 
+For a list of what charset names your local iconv library supports, you can
+run "iconv --list".
+
 If you specify the bf(--protect-args) option (bf(-s)), rsync will translate
 the filenames you specify on the command-line that are being sent to the
 remote host.  See also the bf(--files-from) option.
@@ -2049,6 +2054,11 @@ specifying matching rules that can match on both sides of the transfer.
 For instance, you can specify extra include/exclude rules if there are
 filename differences on the two sides that need to be accounted for.
 
+When you pass an bf(--iconv) option to an rsync daemon that allows it, the
+daemon uses the charset specified in its "charset" configuration parameter
+regardless of the remote charset you actually pass.  Thus, you may feel free to
+specify just the local charset for a daemon transfer (e.g. bf(--iconv=utf8)).
+
 dit(bf(-4, --ipv4) or bf(-6, --ipv6)) Tells rsync to prefer IPv4/IPv6
 when creating sockets.  This only affects sockets that rsync has direct
 control over, such as the outgoing socket when directly contacting an