.RB [ \-headerencoding
.IR encoding\-algorithm
.RB " | " \-autoheaderencoding ]
+.RB [ \-dist ]
.RB [ \-version ]
.RB [ \-help ]
.ad
.RE
.PP
will work as you expect.
+.PP
+The
+.B \-dist
+switch is intended to be used by
+.BR dist .
+It will cause mhbuild to not generate any MIME headers in the composition
+file (such as \*(lqMIME-Version\*(rq or \*(lqContent-Type\*(rq), but it
+will still encode message headers according to RFC 2047.
.SS "User Environment"
Because the environment in which
.B mhbuild