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@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ vim:set ts=4 sw=4 tw=82 noet:
 
 == Name
 
-signal-cli - A commandline and dbus interface for the Signal messenger
+signal-cli - A commandline interface for the Signal messenger
 
 == Synopsis
 
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ signal-cli is a commandline interface for libsignal-service-java.
 It supports registering, verifying, sending and receiving messages.
 For registering you need a phone number where you can receive SMS or incoming calls.
 signal-cli was primarily developed to be used on servers to notify admins of important events.
-For this use-case, it has a dbus interface, that can be used to send messages from any programming language that has dbus bindings.
+For this use-case, it has a dbus and a JSON-RPC interface, that can be used to send messages from other programs.
 
 For some functionality the Signal protocol requires that all messages have been received from the server.
 The `receive` command should be regularly executed.
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ Print the version and quit.
 *--verbose*::
 Raise log level and include lib signal logs.
 
+*--log-file* LOG_FILE::
+Write log output to the given file.
+If `--verbose` is also given, the detailed logs will only be written to the log file.
+
 *--config* CONFIG::
 Set the path, where to store the config.
 Make sure you have full read/write access to the given directory.
@@ -50,8 +54,9 @@ This flag must not be given for the `link` command.
 It is optional for the `daemon` command.
 For all other commands it is only optional if there is exactly one local user in the config directory.
 
-*--service-environment* ENVIRONMENT
+*--service-environment* ENVIRONMENT::
 Choose the server environment to use:
+
 - `live` (default)
 - `staging`
 
@@ -88,6 +93,7 @@ The verification should be done over voice, not SMS.
 *--captcha*::
 The captcha token, required if registration failed with a captcha required error.
 To get the token, go to https://signalcaptchas.org/registration/generate.html
+For the staging environment, use: https://signalcaptchas.org/staging/registration/generate.html
 Check the developer tools for a redirect starting with signalcaptcha:// Everything after signalcaptcha:// is the captcha token.
 
 === verify
@@ -207,7 +213,11 @@ Send the message to self without notification.
 Specify the recipient group ID in base64 encoding.
 
 *-m* MESSAGE, *--message* MESSAGE::
-Specify the message, if missing, standard input is used.
+Specify the message.
+Currently, signal-cli reads the message from stdin if `-m` is missing, but this will change in a future version and the explicit flag `--message-from-stdin` should be used instead.
+
+*--message-from-stdin*::
+Read the message from standard input.
 
 *-a* [ATTACHMENT [ATTACHMENT ...]], *--attachment* [ATTACHMENT [ATTACHMENT ...]]::
 Add one or more files as attachment.
@@ -347,6 +357,13 @@ Specify one or more members to make a group admin
 *--remove-admin* [MEMBER [MEMBER ...]]::
 Specify one or more members to remove group admin privileges
 
+*--ban* [MEMBER [MEMBER ...]]::
+Specify one or more members to ban from joining the group.
+Banned members cannot join or request to join via a group link.
+
+*--unban* [MEMBER [MEMBER ...]]::
+Specify one or more members to remove from the ban list
+
 *--reset-link*::
 Reset group link and create new link password
 
@@ -573,7 +590,7 @@ Send a message to one or more recipients::
 signal-cli -a ACCOUNT send -m "This is a message" [RECIPIENT [RECIPIENT ...]] [-a [ATTACHMENT [ATTACHMENT ...]]]
 
 Pipe the message content from another process::
-uname -a | signal-cli -a ACCOUNT send [RECIPIENT [RECIPIENT ...]]
+uname -a | signal-cli -a ACCOUNT send --message-from-stdin [RECIPIENT [RECIPIENT ...]]
 
 Create a group::
 signal-cli -a ACCOUNT updateGroup -n "Group name" -m [MEMBER [MEMBER ...]]