.Sp
In some limited circumstances, renames will be tracked, minimizing the
documentation burden when e.g. a parameter is renamed.
-circumstances,
-creates stubs and updates documentation in the \fBmdoc\fR(5)
-documentation format from \fIASSEMBLIES\fR.
.PP
-\fBmdoc update\fR does not rely on documentation found within source code.
+\fBmdoc update\fR does not rely on documentation found within source code,
+though it can import XML Documentation Comments via the \fB\-i\fR option.
.PP
See \fBmdoc\fR(1) and \fBmdoc\fR(5) for more information.
.SH OPTIONS
that should be searched for exceptions:
.Sp
.nf
+ added Only generate <exception/> elements for members
+ added during the current program execution.
+ This keeps mdoc-update from re-generating
+ <exception/> elements for all members (and thus
+ prevents re-insertion for members that had the
+ <exception/> elements removed).
all Find exceptions created in the member itself,
references to members in the same assembly,
and references to members in dependent
.Sp
\fIFILE\fR may contain either \fIcsc /doc\fR XML or \fIECMA-335\fR XML.
.TP
-\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-out\fB=\fIDIRECTORY\fR
+\fB\-L\fR, \fB\-\-lib\fR=\fIDIRECTORY\fR
+Add \fIDIRECTORY\fR to the assembly search path, so that dependencies of
+\fIASSEMBLIES\fR can be found without documenting those assemblies.
+.TP
+\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-out\fR=\fIDIRECTORY\fR
Place the generated stubs into \fIDIRECTORY\fR.
.Sp
When updating documentation, \fIDIRECTORY\fR is also the source directory.
.TP
+\fB\-r\fR=\fIASSEMBLY\fR
+\fIASSEMBLY\fR is a dependency for one of \fIASSEMBLIES\fR which should
+\fInot\fR be documented but is required to process one of \fIASSEMBLIES\fR.
+Add the directory containing \fIASSEMBLY\fR to the assembly search path.
+.Sp
+This option is equivalent to specifying \fB\-L\fR `\fIdirname\fR ASSEMBLY`.
+.TP
\fB\-\-since\fR=\fIVERSION\fR
When \fIupdating\fR documentation for an assembly, if a type or member is
encountered which didn't exist in the previous version of the assembly a