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diff --git a/man/portage.5 b/man/portage.5
index 3aca18c38..0a57c971d 100644
--- a/man/portage.5
+++ b/man/portage.5
@@ -28,10 +28,12 @@ make.defaults
packages
packages.build
package.provided
+package.use.force
package.use.mask
parent
profile.bashrc
use.defaults
+use.force
use.mask
virtuals
.fi
@@ -225,6 +227,28 @@ x11-libs/qt-3.3.0
x11-base/xorg-x11-6.8
.fi
.TP
+.BR package.use.force
+Per\-package USE flag forcing.
+
+.I Note:
+In a cascading profile setup, you can remove USE flags in children
+profiles which were added by parent profiles by prefixing the flag with
+a '\-'.
+
+.I Format:
+.nf
+\- comments begin with #
+\- one DEPEND atom per line with space-delimited USE flags
+.fi
+
+.I Example:
+.nf
+# force docs for GTK 2.x
+=x11\-libs/gtk+\-2* doc
+# unforce mysql support for QT
+x11\-libs/qt \-mysql
+.fi
+.TP
.BR package.use.mask
Per\-package USE flag masks.
@@ -284,6 +308,21 @@ sdl media\-libs/libsdl
tcltk dev\-lang/tcl dev\-lang/tk
.fi
.TP
+.BR use.force
+Some USE flags don't make sense to disable under certain conditions. Here we
+list forced flags.
+
+.I Note:
+In a cascading profile setup, you can remove USE flags in children
+profiles which were added by parent profiles by prefixing the flag with
+a '\-'.
+
+.I Format:
+.nf
+\- comments begin with #
+\- one USE flag per line
+.fi
+.TP
.BR use.mask
Some USE flags don't make sense on some archs (for example altivec on
non\-ppc or mmx on non\-x86), or haven't yet been tested. Here we list