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diff --git a/doc/tincctl.8.in b/doc/tincctl.8.in
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--- a/doc/tincctl.8.in
+++ b/doc/tincctl.8.in
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 .Op Fl cn
 .Op Fl -config Ns = Ns Ar DIR
 .Op Fl -net Ns = Ns Ar NETNAME
-.Op Fl -controlcookie Ns = Ns Ar FILENAME
+.Op Fl -pidfile Ns = Ns Ar FILENAME
 .Op Fl -help
 .Op Fl -version
 .Ar COMMAND
@@ -26,20 +26,51 @@ to alter and inspect the running VPN's state.
 .It Fl n, -net Ns = Ns Ar NETNAME
 Communicate with tincd(8) connected with
 .Ar NETNAME .
-.It Fl -controlcookie Ns = Ns Ar FILENAME
+.It Fl -pidfile Ns = Ns Ar FILENAME
 Use the cookie from
 .Ar FILENAME
 to authenticate with a running tinc daemon.
 If unspecified, the default is
-.Pa @localstatedir@/run/tinc. Ns Ar NETNAME Ns Pa .cookie.
+.Pa @localstatedir@/run/tinc. Ns Ar NETNAME Ns Pa .pid.
 .It Fl -help
 Display short list of options.
 .It Fl -version
 Output version information and exit.
 .El
+.Sh ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
+.Bl -tag -width indent
+.It Ev NETNAME
+If no netname is specified on the command line with the
+.Fl n
+option, the value of this environment variable is used.
+.El
 .Sh COMMANDS
 .zZ
 .Bl -tag -width indent
+.It init Op Ar name
+Create initial configuration files and RSA and ECDSA keypairs with default length.
+If no
+.Ar name
+for this node is given, it will be asked for.
+.It config Oo set Oc Ar variable Ar value
+Set configuration variable
+.Ar variable
+to the given
+.Ar value .
+All previously existing configuration variables with the same name are removed.
+To set a variable for a specific host, use the notation
+.Ar host Ns Li . Ns Ar variable .
+.It config add Ar variable Ar value
+As above, but without removing any previously existing configuration variables.
+.It config del Ar variable Op Ar value
+Remove configuration variables with the same name and
+.Ar value .
+If no
+.Ar value
+is given, all configuration variables with the same name will be removed.
+.It edit Ar filename
+Start an editor for the given configuration file.
+You do not need to specify the full path to the file.
 .It start
 Start
 .Xr tincd 8 .
@@ -59,10 +90,14 @@ will be made.
 Shows the PID of the currently running
 .Xr tincd 8 .
 .It generate-keys Op bits
+Generate both RSA and ECDSA keypairs (see below) and exit.
+.It generate-ecdsa-keys
+Generate public/private ECDSA keypair and exit.
+.It generate-rsa-keys Op bits
 Generate public/private RSA keypair and exit.
 If
 .Ar bits
-is omitted, the default length will be 1024 bits.
+is omitted, the default length will be 2048 bits.
 When saving keys to existing files, tinc will not delete the old keys;
 you have to remove them manually.
 .It dump nodes
@@ -82,6 +117,10 @@ Purges all information remembered about unreachable nodes.
 .It debug Ar N
 Sets debug level to
 .Ar N .
+.It log Op Ar N
+Capture log messages from a running tinc daemon.
+An optional debug level can be given that will be applied only for log messages sent to
+.Nm tincctl .
 .It retry
 Forces
 .Xr tincd 8
@@ -119,7 +158,15 @@ Examples of some commands:
 tincctl -n vpn dump graph | circo -Txlib
 tincctl -n vpn pcap | tcpdump -r -
 tincctl -n vpn top
+.Pp
 .Ed
+Example of configuring tinc using
+.Nm :
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+tincctl -n vpn init foo
+tincctl -n vpn config Subnet 192.168.1.0/24
+tincctl -n vpn config bar.Address bar.example.com
+tincctl -n vpn config ConnectTo bar
 .Sh TOP
 The top command connects to a running tinc daemon and repeatedly queries its per-node traffic counters.
 It displays a list of all the known nodes in the left-most column,
@@ -159,7 +206,7 @@ Show amount of traffic in kilobytes.
 Show amount of traffic in megabytes.
 .It Ic G
 Show amount of traffic in gigabytes.
-.It Ic q , ESC
+.It Ic q
 Quit.
 .El
 .Sh BUGS