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@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ ikiwiki --setup configfile
 # DESCRIPTION
 
 `ikiwiki` is a wiki compiler. It builds static html pages for a wiki, from
-`source` in the [[MarkDown]] language, and writes it out to `destination`.
+`source` in the [[MarkDown]] language (or others), and writes it out to
+`destination`.
 
 Note that most options can be shortened to single letters, and boolean
 flags such as --verbose can be negated with --no-verbose.
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ These options control the mode that ikiwiki is operating in.
   directory. The filename to use for the wrapper is optional.
 
   The wrapper is designed to be safely made suid and be run by untrusted
-  users, as a [[Subversion]] [[post-commit]] hook, or as a [[CGI]].
+  users, as a [[post-commit]] hook, or as a [[CGI]].
 
   Note that the generated wrapper will ignore all command line parameters.
 
@@ -88,14 +89,17 @@ These options configure the wiki.
 * --notify
 
   Enable email notification of commits. This should be used when running
-  ikiwiki as a [[Subversion]] [[post-commit]] hook.
+  ikiwiki as a [[post-commit]] hook.
 
 * --rcs=svn, --no-rcs
 
   Enable or disable use of a revision control system.
 
-  If you use svn ([[Subversion]]), the `source` directory is assumed to be
-  a working copy, and is automatically updated before building the wiki.
+  If you use svn, the `source` directory is assumed to be
+  a [[Subversion]] working copy.
+
+  If you use git, the `source` directory is assumed to be a clone of the
+  [[git]] repository.
 
   In [[CGI]] mode, with a revision control system enabled pages edited via
   the web will be committed. Also, the [[RecentChanges]] link will be placed
@@ -125,7 +129,16 @@ These options configure the wiki.
   If rss is set, ikiwiki will generate rss feeds for pages that inline
   a [[blog]].
 
-* --url http://url/
+* --pingurl url
+
+  Set this to the url to an XML-RPC service to ping when an RSS feed is
+  updated. For example, to ping Technorati, use the url
+  http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
+
+  This parameter can be specified multiple times to specify more than one
+  url to ping.
+
+* --url url
 
   Specifies the url to the wiki. This is a required parameter in [[CGI]] mode.
 
@@ -164,8 +177,8 @@ These options configure the wiki.
 
 * --plugin name
 
-  Enables the use of the specified plugin in the wiki. See [[plugins]] for
-  details. Note that plugin names are case sensative.
+  Enables the use of the specified [[plugin|plugins]] in the wiki. 
+  Note that plugin names are case sensative.
 
 * --disable-plugin name