--- gvpe/doc/gvpe.8.pod	2005/03/18 01:53:05	1.6
+++ gvpe/doc/gvpe.8.pod	2005/03/28 20:39:18	1.7
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 C<gvpe> [B<-cDlL>] [B<--config=>I<DIR>] [B<--no-detach>] [B<-l=>I<LEVEL]>]
 [B<--kill>[B<=>I<SIGNAL>]] [B<--mlock>] [B<--help>] [B<--version>]
-I<NODENAME>
+I<NODENAME> [I<option...>]
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
@@ -22,6 +22,24 @@
 and setting up connections to other gvpe daemons that are part of the
 virtual private ethernet.
 
+The optional arguments after the node name have to be of the form:
+
+   [I<nodename>.]var=value
+
+If the argument has a prefix of C<nodename.>
+(i.e. C<laptop.enable-dns=yes>) then it will be parsed after all the
+config directives for that node, if not, it is parsed befroe the first
+node directive in the config file, and can be used to set global options
+or default variables.
+
+For example, to start C<gvpe> in the foreground, with log-level C<info> on
+the node C<laptop>, with TCP enabled and HTTP-Proxy host and Port set, use
+this:
+
+  gvpe -D -l info laptop \
+       http-proxy-host=10.0.0.18 http-proxy-port=3128 \
+       laptop.enable-tcp=yes
+
 =head1 OPTIONS
 
 =over 4