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diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog
index 80afaf941..5020cb32f 100644
--- a/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
2003-09-30 David Shaw <[email protected]>
+ * gpg.sgml: Note web bug behavior of auto-key-retrieve. Note that
+ big photos mean big keys. Document --rfc2440. Document
+ verify-option show-unusable-uids.
+
* gpg.sgml: Clarify --mangle-dos-filenames, document list-option
show-unusable-uids, remove --no-comment (which is now
--no-sk-comments), add --no-comments (to remove --comment), remove
diff --git a/doc/gpg.sgml b/doc/gpg.sgml
index bb1011188..4d2d2ebfa 100644
--- a/doc/gpg.sgml
+++ b/doc/gpg.sgml
@@ -364,7 +364,9 @@ Create an alternate user id.</para></listitem></varlistentry>
<term>addphoto</term>
<listitem><para>
Create a photographic user id. This will prompt for a JPEG file that
-will be embedded into the user ID.</para></listitem></varlistentry>
+will be embedded into the user ID. A very large JPEG will make for a
+very large key.
+</para></listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>deluid</term>
<listitem><para>
@@ -1142,6 +1144,12 @@ keyserver over the proxy set with the environment variable
This option enables the automatic retrieving of keys from a keyserver
when verifying signatures made by keys that are not on the local
keyring.
+</para><para>
+Note that this option makes a "web bug" like behavior possible.
+Keyserver operators can see which keys you request, so by sending you
+a message signed by a brand new key (which you naturally will not have
+on your local keyring), the operator can tell both your IP address and
+the time when you verified the signature.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>
</variablelist>
@@ -1343,6 +1351,13 @@ verification, rather than the more common 32 bit (8 digit) IDs.
Defaults to no.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>
+<varlistentry>
+<term>show-unusable-uids</term>
+<listitem><para>
+Show revoked and expired user IDs during signature verification.
+Defaults to no.
+</para></listitem></varlistentry>
+
</variablelist>
</para></listitem></varlistentry>
@@ -1964,6 +1979,13 @@ disabled.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
+<term>--rfc2440</term>
+<listitem><para>
+Reset all packet, cipher and digest options to strict RFC-2440
+behavior. Note that this is currently the same thing as --openpgp.
+</para></listitem></varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry>
<term>--rfc1991</term>
<listitem><para>
Try to be more RFC-1991 (PGP 2.x) compliant.