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diff --git a/doc/man1/djbdns-logparse.1 b/doc/man1/djbdns-logparse.1
index 580f046..fc546e9 100644
--- a/doc/man1/djbdns-logparse.1
+++ b/doc/man1/djbdns-logparse.1
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ Each \fILOGFILE\fR should be a tinydns or dnscache log file; if none
 are given, the program will read from stdin.
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .P
-Both tinydns and dnscache (two daemons in the djbdns suite) keep logs
-of their activity, but only in an undocumented machine-oriented
+Tinydns and dnscache are two daemons in the djbdns suite. Both keep
+logs of their activity, but only in an undocumented machine-oriented
 format. The goal of djbdns-logparse is to parse those logs and make
 them human-readable with a minimal amount of interference.
 .SH EXAMPLES
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ Rob Mayoff's notes on the dnscache log file format
 The following transformations are common to  both daemons' logs:
 .IP \(bu 2
 The leading timestamps are piped through the
-\fBtai64nlocal\fR program.
+\fBtai64nlocal\fR program from DJB's daemontools.
 .IP \(bu
 IPv4 addresses are converted from hexadecimal strings to decimal
 dotted-quads; for example \(dq7f000001\(dq becomes \(dq127.0.0.1\(dq.
@@ -124,6 +124,37 @@ request) is split off the end of the \(dqip:port:id\(dq triplet and is
 placed in parentheses with the word \(dqid\(dq, like \(dq(id
 8675309)\(dq.
 
+.P
+The following transformations are specific to dnscache:
+.IP \(bu 2
+In \(dqquery\(dq entries, the third component of the
+clientip:clientport:id triplet is a decimal packet identifier chosen
+and sent by the client. We separate it from the client ip:port, and
+put it in parentheses, like \(dq(id 8675309)\(dq.
+.IP \(bu
+We prefix each decimal TTL with \(dqTTL=\(dq so that you know what
+the magic number stands for.
+.IP \(bu
+All serial numbers are prefixed with a hash sign. This is the only
+field that we do this to, so if you see a number with a \(dq#\(dq in
+front of it, that's a serial number.
+.IP \(bu
+In a \(dqstats\(dq entry, the four decimal statistics are prefixed
+with what they represent. Specifically, the prefixes are
+\(dqcount=\(dq, \(dqmotion=\(dq, \(dqudp-active=\(dq, and
+\(dqtcp-active=\(dq. You may want to read
+.UR http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/cachesize.html
+DJB's explanation of the \(dqmotion\(dq field
+.UE
+.
+.IP \(bu
+The hex data logged from a TXT query response is decoded to ASCII.
+.IP \(bu
+The decimal \(dqgluelessness\(dq field is prefixed by \(dqg=\(dq.
+You may want to read
+.UR http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/notes.html#gluelessness
+DJB's explanation of gluelessness.
+.UE
 
 .SH BUGS