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diff --git a/rsyslogd.8 b/rsyslogd.8
index ca6cf2f9..0c4fcf35 100644
--- a/rsyslogd.8
+++ b/rsyslogd.8
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
.\" Copyright 2004-2005 Rainer Gerhards and Adiscon for the rsyslog modifications
.\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License
.\"
-.TH RSYSLOGD 8 "17 July 2007" "Version 1.16.1 (devel)" "Linux System Administration"
+.TH RSYSLOGD 8 "11 December 2008" "Version 1.20.1 (devel)" "Linux System Administration"
.SH NAME
rsyslogd \- reliable and extended syslogd
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ rsyslogd \- reliable and extended syslogd
.RB [ " \-p"
.IB socket
]
+.RB [ " \-q " ]
+.RB [ " \-Q " ]
.RB [ " \-r "
.I [port]
]
@@ -203,6 +205,15 @@ machine. When specified, no local log socket is opened at all.
You can specify an alternative unix domain socket instead of
.IR /dev/log "."
.TP
+.BI "\-q " "add hostname if DNS fails during ACL processing"
+During ACL processing, hostnames are resolved to IP addreses for
+performance reasons. If DNS fails during that process, the hostname
+is added as wildcard text, which results in proper, but somewhat
+slower operation once DNS is up again.
+.TP
+.BI "\-Q " "do not resolve hostnames during ACL processing"
+Do not resolve hostnames to IP addresses during ACL processing.
+.TP
.BI "\-r " ["port"]
Activates the syslog/udp listener service. The listener
will listen to the specified port. If no port is specified,