diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 1a24db6..4adc945 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ multistrap (2.1.7) unstable; urgency=low
     dependencies.
   * Improve the omitdebsrc handling for detection of 'true'.
   * Add examples for Grip.
+  * Add more synopsis information to manual page. (Closes: #592621)
 
- -- Neil Williams <codehelp@debian.org>  Thu, 05 Aug 2010 19:24:38 -0400
+ -- Neil Williams <codehelp@debian.org>  Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:24:30 +0100
 
 multistrap (2.1.6) unstable; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/pod/multistrap b/pod/multistrap
index 4321217..7311121 100644
--- a/pod/multistrap
+++ b/pod/multistrap
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ multistrap - multiple repository bootstraps
 
 =head1 Options
 
+-?|-h|--help|--version - output the help text and exit successfully.
+
 --dry-run - collate all the configuration settings and output a
 bare summary.
 
@@ -19,6 +21,12 @@ bare summary.
 
 (The following options can also be set in the configuration file.)
 
+-a|--arch - architecture of the packages to put into the multistrap.
+
+-d|--dir - directory into which the bootstrap will be installed.
+
+-f|--file - configuration file for multistrap [required]
+
 --tidy-up - remove apt cache data, downloaded Packages files and
 the apt package cache. Same as cleanup=true.