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@@ -91,10 +91,14 @@ eselect should be called as shown below: ::
eselect [<global-options>] <module> <action> <options>
eselect features consistently named actions among most of its modules.
-There are only two global options as of now; --brief, which makes
+There are only three global options as of now; --brief, which makes
eselect's output shorter (e.g., to use it as input for other programs);
-and --colour, which controls coloured output. The following are standard
-action names -- each module may provide a subset of these actions:
+--colour, which controls coloured output; and --root, which specifies
+the path that eselect should use as the target root filesystem for its
+operations.
+
+The following are standard action names -- each module may provide a
+subset of these actions:
help
Print the module's help screen.