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diff --git a/upstream/debian-unstable/man8/rpm2archive.8 b/upstream/debian-unstable/man8/rpm2archive.8
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--- a/upstream/debian-unstable/man8/rpm2archive.8
+++ b/upstream/debian-unstable/man8/rpm2archive.8
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
rpm2archive - Create tar archive from RPM Package Manager (RPM) package.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.PP
-\f[B]rpm2archive\f[R] \f[B]{-n|--nocompression}\f[R] \f[I]FILES\f[R]
+\f[B]rpm2archive\f[R] \f[B]{-n|--nocompression}\f[R]
+\f[B]{-f|--format=pax|cpio}\f[R] \f[I]FILES\f[R]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
\f[B]rpm2archive\f[R] converts the .rpm files specified as arguments to
@@ -44,6 +45,12 @@ scenarios.
\f[B]-n, --nocompression\f[R]
Generate uncompressed tar archive and use \[dq].tar\[dq] as postfix of
the file name.
+.TP
+\f[B]-f, --format=pax|cpio\f[R]
+Generate archive in specified format: \f[B]pax\f[R] (the default format)
+or \f[B]cpio\f[R].
+Note that the cpio format cannot host files over 4GB in size and is only
+supported here for backwards compatibility.
.SH EXAMPLES
.PP
.PD 0