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diff --git a/doc/info/chap/invoking.texinfo b/doc/info/chap/invoking.texinfo
index 25c0b25..d418fc2 100644
--- a/doc/info/chap/invoking.texinfo
+++ b/doc/info/chap/invoking.texinfo
@@ -4,26 +4,30 @@
@command{scrotty} recognises four options:
@table @option
-@item --help
+@item -h
+@itemx --help
Print usage information and exit.
-@item --version
+@item -v
+@itemx --version
Print program name and version and exit.
-@item --copyright
+@item -c
+@itemx --copyright
Print copyright information and exit.
-@item --raw
+@item -r
+@itemx --raw
Save the images in portable anymap format
-(PNM), rather than in Portable Network
-Graphics (PNG). If this option is used,
-and no arguments for @command{convert}
-is specified, @command{convert} will not
-be used, and there will be not requirement
-to have ImageMagick installed.
+(@sc{PNM}), rather than in Portable Network
+Graphics (@sc{PNG}).
-PNM images are highly compressable with
+@sc{PNM} images are highly compressable with
@command{bzip2}. Compressed images are comparable
in size with @sc{PNG},@footnote{Usually a few
bytes in difference.} and can in fact be smaller.
-@item --exec CMD
+
+@sc{PNM} is a good alternative for anything
+but storage. (Unless you compress them.)
+@item -e
+@itemx --exec CMD
Run a command for each saved image.
@end table
diff --git a/doc/info/chap/overview.texinfo b/doc/info/chap/overview.texinfo
index f5d1ff3..26765f4 100644
--- a/doc/info/chap/overview.texinfo
+++ b/doc/info/chap/overview.texinfo
@@ -10,11 +10,16 @@ rendered on the framebuffer.}
@command{scrotty} is designed after @command{scrot}, but
includes a some improvements. Namely it does not support
delaying the screenshot, selecting image quality or creating
-thumbnails, but it has support for adding arbitrary arguments
-to @command{convert} (from the ImageMagick project), which
-is used to save the image.
+thumbnails. Such operations is left to be done by the user
+with the option @option{--exec} and a utility such as
+@command{convert} (from the ImageMagick project.)
@command{scrotty} reads the data stored in the framebuffers,
convert it the @sc{PNM} images and pipes it to @command{convert}
to create @sc{PNG} images.
+@command{scrotty} can appear to be a bit slow. This is not
+@command{scrotty}'s fault. Reading a framebuffer, even if
+not processing the data, takes time. In fact, screenshots
+for @sc{X} are slow too.
+