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diff --git a/doc/disorderd.8.in b/doc/disorderd.8.in
index 24cf033..71b9568 100644
--- a/doc/disorderd.8.in
+++ b/doc/disorderd.8.in
@@ -38,11 +38,14 @@ for further information.
 .B --pidfile \fIPATH\fR, \fB-P \fIPATH
 Write a pidfile.
 .TP
-.B --foreground, \fB-f
+.B --foreground\fR, \fB-f
 Run in the foreground.  (By default,
 .B disorderd
 detaches from its terminal and runs in the background.)
 .TP
+.B --syslog\fR, \fB-s
+Log to syslog.  This is the default if DisOrder runs in the background.
+.TP
 .B --debug\fR, \fB-d
 Enable debugging.
 .TP
@@ -52,14 +55,16 @@ Display a usage message.
 .B --version\fR, \fB-V
 Display version number.
 .SH NOTES
-.SS "Environmental Dependencies"
-It is important that
-.B disorder-deadlock
-and
+For configuration file documentation, see
+.BR disorder_config (5).
+.SS "Startup"
+The first time a new install of DisOrder is started it will run
 .B disorder-rescan
-are available on the PATH.  The example "init" script attempts to
-ensure this by appending sbindir to the path, but if you have
-installed programs in unusual locations then this might not work.
+to pick up new tracks.  On subsequent server restarts it will NOT do
+this automatically; if you want a rescan at every restart you must
+arrange that manually.
+.PP
+There is however an automatic rescan once every 24 hours.
 .SS "How To Configure Authentication"
 The administrator should create \fIpkgconfdir/config.private\fR, make sure it
 is not world-readable, and populate it with \fBallow\fR commands
@@ -78,10 +83,8 @@ is locale-aware.  If you do not set the locale correctly then it may
 not handle non-ASCII data properly.
 .PP
 Filenames and the configuration file are assumed to be encoded using the
-current locale.  The
-communication with the client happens in UTF-8 (since the client and the server
-don't know what locale each other might be using - in the future they might not
-even be on the same host.)
+current locale.  Internally (within the server, in the database and in
+communication between client and server) the UTF-8 encoding is used.
 .SS Backups
 DisOrder uses Berkeley DB but currently discards log files that are no longer
 in use.  This means that DB's catastrophic recovery cannot be used (normal
@@ -126,8 +129,14 @@ Do not edit while the daemon is running.
 .I pkgstatedir/prefs.db
 Preferences database.
 .TP
+.I pkgstatedir/global.db
+Global preferences database.
+.TP
 .I pkgstatedir/search.db
-Search database.
+Search lookup database.
+.TP
+.I pkgstatedir/tags.db
+Tag lookup database.
 .TP
 .I pkgstatedir/tracks.db
 Tracks database.
@@ -137,8 +146,8 @@ Berkeley DB configuration file.  This may be used to override database
 settings without recompiling DisOrder.  See the Berkeley DB
 documention for further details.
 .TP
-.I pkgstatedir/log.*
-Database log files.
+.I pkgstatedir/log.* \fRand \fIpkgstatedir/__db.*
+Database internal files.
 .TP
 .I pkgstatedir/socket
 Communication socket for \fBdisorder\fR(1).
@@ -146,12 +155,6 @@ Communication socket for \fBdisorder\fR(1).
 .I pkgstatedir/lock
 Lockfile.  This prevents multiple instances of DisOrder running
 simultaneously.
-.TP
-.I sbindir/disorder-deadlock
-Deadlock manager.
-.TP
-.I sbindir/disorder-rescan
-Rescanner.
 .SH ENVIRONMENT
 .TP
 .B LC_ALL\fR, \fBLANG\fR, etc