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--- a/bti.1
+++ b/bti.1
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ bti \- send a tweet to twitter\&.com or identi\&.ca from the command line
 .SH "Synopsis"
 .fam C
 .HP \w'\fBbti\fR\ 'u
-\fBbti\fR [\fB\-\-account\ account\fR] [\fB\-\-password\ password\fR] [\fB\-\-host\ HOST_NAME\fR] [\fB\-\-bash\fR] [\fB\-\-debug\fR] [\fB\-\-version\fR] [\fB\-\-help\fR]
+\fBbti\fR [\fB\-\-account\ account\fR] [\fB\-\-password\ password\fR] [\fB\-\-host\ HOST_NAME\fR] [\fB\-\-proxy\ PROXY:PORT\fR] [\fB\-\-logfile\ LOGFILE\fR] [\fB\-\-bash\fR] [\fB\-\-debug\fR] [\fB\-\-version\fR] [\fB\-\-help\fR]
 .fam
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
 .PP
@@ -195,6 +195,18 @@ Specify the host which you want to send your message to\&. Valid options are "tw
 If no host is specified, the default is to send to twitter\&.com\&.
 .RE
 .PP
+\fB\-\-proxy PROXY:PORT\fR
+.RS 4
+Specify a http proxy value\&. This is not a required option, and only needed by systems that are behind a http proxy\&.
+.sp
+If \-\-proxy is not specified but the environment variable \'http_proxy\' is set the latter will be used\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-\-logfile LOGFILE\fR
+.RS 4
+Specify a logfile for bti to write status messages to\&. LOGFILE is in relation to the user\'s home directory, not an absolute path to a file\&.
+.RE
+.PP
 \fB\-\-debug\fR
 .RS 4
 Print a whole bunch of debugging messages to stdout\&.
@@ -251,9 +263,35 @@ The twitter\&.com or identi\&.ca password for the account you wish to use to sen
 The host you want to use to send the message to\&. Valid options are either "twitter" or "identica" to send to twitter\&.com or identi\&.ca respectively\&.
 .RE
 .PP
+\fBproxy\fR
+.RS 4
+The http proxy needed to send data out to the Internet\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fBlogfile\fR
+.RS 4
+The logfile name for bti to write what happened to\&. This file is relative to the user\'s home directory\&. If this file is not specified here or on the command line, no logging will be written to the disk\&.
+.RE
+.PP
 There is an example config file called
 \FCbti\&.example\F[]
 in the source tree that shows the structure of the file if you need an example to work off of\&.
+.PP
+Configuration options have the following priority:
+.PP
+.RS 4
+command line option
+.RE
+.PP
+.RS 4
+config file option
+.RE
+.PP
+.RS 4
+environment variables
+.RE
+.PP
+For example, command line options always override any config file option, or any environment variables\&.
 .SH "AUTHOR"
 .PP
 Written by Greg Kroah\-Hartman