man page: mention -- to end option-scanning

2023-05-11 21:25:31 +02:00
parent 050830a709
commit 7e056835fa
2 changed files with 5 additions and 0 deletions
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Upcoming Version ?.??.? (???-??-??):
 ------------------------------------
 * The man page uses the year of the last ssocr update as its date instead
   of the build day of the man page, to help reproducible builds
+ * Documentation improvements

 Version 2.23.0 (2023-05-01):
 ----------------------------
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ behavior.
 can be used to manipulate the input
 .I IMAGE
 before starting the recognition algorithm.
+Two hyphens
+.RB ( \-\- )
+can be used as a special argument to end option-scanning, e.g.,
+in order to use a negative number as argument to a command.
 .SH OPTIONS
 .SS \-h, \-\-help
 Write a help message to standard output.