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-rw-r--r--man/emerge.15
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diff --git a/man/emerge.1 b/man/emerge.1
index 429b3b387..a60fd60a6 100644
--- a/man/emerge.1
+++ b/man/emerge.1
@@ -373,7 +373,10 @@ Skips the packages specified on the command\-line that have already
been installed. Without this option, any packages, ebuilds, or deps
you specify on the command\-line \fBwill\fR cause Portage to remerge
the package, even if it is already installed. Note that Portage will
-not remerge dependencies by default.
+not remerge dependencies by default. Also note that this option takes
+precedence over options such as \fB\-\-newuse\fR, preventing a package
+from being reinstalled even though the corresponding USE flag settings
+may have changed.
.TP
.BR "\-\-nospinner"
Disables the spinner for the session. The spinner is active when the