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diff --git a/Documentation/public-inbox-init.pod b/Documentation/public-inbox-init.pod
index 5714828d..85c6c9e8 100644
--- a/Documentation/public-inbox-init.pod
+++ b/Documentation/public-inbox-init.pod
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ may be specified for inboxes with multiple addresses.
 
 =over
 
-=item -V, --version FORMAT_VERSION
+=item -V FORMAT_VERSION
+
+=item --version FORMAT_VERSION
 
 Specify C<2> here to use the scalable L<public-inbox-v2-format(5)>
 if you have L<DBD::SQLite> installed.
@@ -31,6 +33,8 @@ L<DBD::SQLite>.
 
 Default: C<1>
 
+=item -L <basic|medium|full>
+
 =item --indexlevel <basic|medium|full>
 
 Controls the indexing level for L<public-inbox-index(1)>
@@ -39,7 +43,31 @@ See L<public-inbox-config(5)> for more information.
 
 Default: C<full>
 
-=item -N, --skip-artnum
+=item --ng NEWSGROUP
+
+=item --newsgroup NEWSGROUP
+
+The NNTP group name for use with L<public-inbox-nntpd(8)>.  This
+may be any newsgroup name with hierarchies delimited by C<.>.
+For example, the newsgroup for L<mailto:meta@public-inbox.org>
+is: C<inbox.comp.mail.public-inbox.meta>
+
+This may be set after-the-fact via C<publicinbox.$NAME.newsgroup>
+in the configuration file.  See L<public-inbox-config(5)> for more
+info.
+
+Available in public-inbox 1.6.0+.
+
+Default: none.
+
+=item -c KEY=VALUE
+
+Allow setting arbitrary configs as C<publicinbox.$NAME.$KEY>.
+This is idempotent for the same C<VALUE>, but allows setting
+multiple values for keys such as C<publicinbox.$NAME.url> and
+C<publicinbox.$NAME.watch>.
+
+=item --skip-artnum
 
 This option allows archivists to publish incomplete archives
 with only new mail while allowing NNTP article numbers
@@ -51,30 +79,55 @@ but may be of use to L<public-inbox-v1-format(5)> users.
 There is no automatic way to use reserved NNTP article numbers
 when old mail is found, yet.
 
+Available in public-inbox 1.6.0+.
+
 Default: unset, no NNTP article numbers are skipped
 
-=item -S, --skip-epoch
+=item -S
+
+=item --skip-epoch
 
 For C<-V2> (L<public-inbox-v2-format(5)>) inboxes only, this option
 allows archivists to publish incomplete archives with newer
 mail while allowing "0.git" (or "1.git" and so on) epochs to be
 added-after-the-fact (without affecting "git clone" followers).
 
+Available since public-inbox 1.2.0.
+
 Default: unset, no epochs are skipped
 
-=item -j, --jobs=JOBS
+=item -j JOBS
+
+=item --jobs=JOBS
 
 Control the number of Xapian index shards in a
 C<-V2> (L<public-inbox-v2-format(5)>) inbox.
 
-It is useful to use a single shard (C<-j1>) for inboxes on
+It can be useful to use a single shard (C<-j1>) for inboxes on
 high-latency storage (e.g. rotational HDD) unless the system has
 enough RAM to cache 5-10x the size of the git repository.
 
-It is generally not useful to specify higher values than the
-default due to contention in the top-level producer process.
+Another approach for HDDs is to use the
+L<public-inbox-index(1)/publicInbox.indexSequentialShard> option
+and many shards, so each shard may fit into the kernel page
+cache.  Unfortunately, excessive shards slows down read-only
+query performance.
+
+For fast storage, it is generally not useful to specify higher
+values than the default due to the top-level producer process
+being a bottleneck.
 
-Default: the number of online CPUs, up to 4
+Default: the number of online CPUs, up to 4 (3 shard workers, 1 producer)
+
+=item --skip-docdata
+
+Do not store document data in Xapian, reducing Xapian storage
+overhead by around 1.5%.
+
+Warning: this option prevents rollbacks to public-inbox 1.5.0
+and earlier.
+
+Available in public-inbox 1.6.0+.
 
 =back
 
@@ -90,21 +143,23 @@ Used to override the default C<~/.public-inbox/config> value.
 
 =head1 LIMITATIONS
 
-This tool predates NNTP support in public-inbox and is missing
-C<newsgroup> and many of the options documented in
-L<public-inbox-config(5)>.  See L<public-inbox-config(5)> for all the
-options which may be applied to a given inbox.
+Some of the options documented in L<public-inbox-config(5)>
+require editing the config file.  Old versions lack the
+C<--ng>/C<--newsgroup> parameter
+
+See L<public-inbox-config(5)> for all the options which may be applied
+to a given inbox.
 
 =head1 CONTACT
 
 Feedback welcome via plain-text mail to L<mailto:meta@public-inbox.org>
 
-The mail archives are hosted at L<https://public-inbox.org/meta/>
-and L<http://hjrcffqmbrq6wope.onion/meta/>
+The mail archives are hosted at L<https://public-inbox.org/meta/> and
+L<http://4uok3hntl7oi7b4uf4rtfwefqeexfzil2w6kgk2jn5z2f764irre7byd.onion/meta/>
 
 =head1 COPYRIGHT
 
-Copyright 2019-2020 all contributors L<mailto:meta@public-inbox.org>
+Copyright 2019-2021 all contributors L<mailto:meta@public-inbox.org>
 
 License: AGPL-3.0+ L<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.txt>