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diff --git a/man/pick.man b/man/pick.man
index fe0ddf41..e023db5c 100644
--- a/man/pick.man
+++ b/man/pick.man
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH PICK %manext1% "November 6, 2012" "%nmhversion%"
+.TH PICK %manext1% "August 3, 2014" "%nmhversion%"
 .\"
 .\" %nmhwarning%
 .\"
@@ -42,9 +42,11 @@ pick \- search for messages by content
 .RB [ \-sequence
 .I name
 \&...]
+.RB [ \-nosequence ]
 .RB [ \-public " | " \-nopublic ]
 .RB [ \-zero " | " \-nozero ]
 .RB [ \-list " | " \-nolist ] 
+.RB [ \-debug ]
 .RB [ \-version ]
 .RB [ \-help ]
 .PP
@@ -150,7 +152,7 @@ Both the
 .B \-after
 and
 .B \-before
-switches take legal 822\-style date
+switches take legal RFC 822\-style date
 specifications as arguments.
 .B Pick
 will default certain missing
@@ -159,7 +161,7 @@ are (in order of defaulting): timezone, time and timezone, date, date
 and timezone.  All defaults are taken from the current date, time,
 and timezone.
 .PP
-In addition to 822\-style dates,
+In addition to RFC 822\-style dates,
 .B pick
 will also recognize any of
 the days of the week (\*(lqsunday\*(rq, \*(lqmonday\*(rq, and so on),
@@ -259,9 +261,14 @@ pick\0\-from\0frated\0\-seq\0fred
 defines a new message sequence for the current folder called
 \*(lqfred\*(rq which contains exactly those messages that were selected.
 .PP
+The
+.B \-nosequence
+switch will disable all previously named sequences, allowing
+those established by a profile component to be overridden.
+.PP
 By default,
 .B pick
-will zero the sequence before adding it.  This
+will zero a sequence before adding it.  This
 action can be disabled with the
 .B \-nozero
 switch, which means that the
@@ -281,6 +288,44 @@ in the
 same way
 .B mark
 uses them.
+.PP
+The
+.B \-debug
+switch causes pick to output a representation of the search
+pattern.
+.SS "Output when no messages are matched"
+If
+.B pick
+is used in a backquoted operation, such as
+.PP
+.RS 5
+scan\0`pick\0\-from\0jones`
+.RE
+.PP
+and
+.B pick
+selects no messages (e.g., no messages are from
+\*(lqjones\*(rq), then the shell will still run the outer command (e.g.,
+.BR scan ).
+Since no messages were matched,
+.B pick
+produced
+no output, and the argument given to the outer command as a result of
+backquoting
+.B pick
+is empty.  In the case of
+.B nmh
+programs,
+the outer command now acts as if the default `msg' or `msgs' should be
+used (e.g., \*(lqall\*(rq in the case of
+.BR scan ).
+To prevent this
+unexpected behavior, if
+.B \-list
+was given, and if its standard output is not a tty, then
+.B pick
+outputs the illegal message number \*(lq0\*(rq
+when it fails.  This lets the outer command fail gracefully as well.
 .SH FILES
 .fc ^ ~
 .nf
@@ -365,38 +410,5 @@ or
 .B \-before
 switch it applies to.
 .PP
-If
-.B pick
-is used in a backquoted operation, such as
-.PP
-.RS 5
-scan\0`pick\0\-from\0jones`
-.RE
-.PP
-and
-.B pick
-selects no messages (e.g., no messages are from
-\*(lqjones\*(rq), then the shell will still run the outer command (e.g.,
-.BR scan ).
-Since no messages were matched,
-.B pick
-produced
-no output, and the argument given to the outer command as a result of
-backquoting
-.B pick
-is empty.  In the case of
-.B nmh
-programs,
-the outer command now acts as if the default `msg' or `msgs' should be
-used (e.g., \*(lqall\*(rq in the case of
-.BR scan ).
-To prevent this
-unexpected behavior, if
-.B \-list
-was given, and if its standard output is not a tty, then
-.B pick
-outputs the illegal message number \*(lq0\*(rq
-when it fails.  This lets the outer command fail gracefully as well.
-.PP
 The pattern syntax \*(lq[l-r]\*(rq is not supported; each letter to be
 matched must be included within the square brackets.