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diff --git a/finddup.1 b/finddup.1
index 8ab867c..a1f2a60 100644
--- a/finddup.1
+++ b/finddup.1
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ files found in it. With two directories, it prints either the files
 common to both DIR1 and DIR2, or with the `not:' prefix, the ones
 present in DIR1 and not in DIR2.
 
+When looking for identical files,
+.B finddup
+by default associates a group ID to every content, and prints it along
+the file names.
+
 .SH "OPTIONS"
 .TP
 \fB-h\fR
@@ -31,43 +36,51 @@ ignore files and directories starting with a dot
 do not show which files from DIR2 corresponds to files from DIR1
 .TP
 \fB-g\fR
-do not show the file group IDs (one group for each content)
+do not show the file group IDs
 .TP
 \fB-p\fR
 show progress information in stderr
 .TP
 \fB-r\fR
-shows the real path of the files
+show the real path of the files
 
 .SH "BUGS"
 
 None known, probably many. Valgrind does not complain though.
 
-While not a bug per se, the format of the output should definitely be
-improved. Not clear how.
+.SH "WISH LIST"
+
+The format of the output should definitely be improved. Not clear how.
+
+The comparison algorithm could definitely use some MD5 kind of
+signature. I doubt it would really speed up a lot.
+
+Their should be some fancy option to run two instances of the command
+on different machines so that comparison could be done without disk
+access where the disk are physically.
 
 .SH "EXAMPLES"
-.nf
+
 .B finddup -cg blah something
 
 .fi
 List files found in
 .B ./blah/
-which have a matching file with exact same content in
+which have a matching file with same content in
 .B ./something/
 without the group IDs
 
 .P
-.B finddup ./sources not:./backup
+.B finddup sources not:/mnt/backup
 
 .fi
 List all files found in
 .B ./sources/
 which do not have content-matching equivalent in
-.B ./backup.sources
+.B /mnt/backup
 
 .P
-.B finddup ./tralala ./cuicui | sort -n
+.B finddup tralala cuicui
 
 .fi
 List groups of files with same content which exist both in