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+.TH GEDIT 1 "17 July 2022"
+.SH NAME
+\fBgedit\fP \- general-purpose text editor
+
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.br
+.B gedit
+[\fIOPTION\fR...] [\fIFILE\fR...] [+\fILINE\fR[:\fICOLUMN\fR]]
+.br
+.B gedit
+[\fIOPTION\fR...] -
+
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B gedit
+is a general-purpose text editor.
+
+The first goal of
+.B gedit
+is to be easy to use, with a simple interface by default. More advanced features
+are available by enabling plugins.
+
+.LP
+.SH OPTIONS
+
+.TP
+\fB\-\-encoding\fR
+Set the character encoding to be used for opening the files listed on the command line.
+.TP
+\fB\-\-list-encodings\fR
+Display list of possible values for the encoding option and exit.
+.TP
+\fB\-\-new\-window\fR
+Create a new toplevel window in an existing instance of
+.B gedit.
+.TP
+\fB\-\-new\-document\fR
+Create a new document in an existing instance of
+.B gedit.
+.TP
+\fB\-s, \-\-standalone\fR
+Run
+.B gedit
+in standalone mode.
+.TP
+\fB\-w, \-\-wait\fR
+Open files and block the
+.B gedit
+process.
+.TP
+\fB\-\-help\fR
+Prints the command line options.
+.TP
+\fB\-\-version\fR
+Output version information and exit.
+.TP
+\fBFILE\fR
+Specifies the file to open when
+.B gedit
+starts. If this is not specified,
+.B gedit
+will load a blank file with an "Unsaved Document" label. Multiple files can be loaded if they are
+separated by spaces.
+.B gedit
+also supports handling of remote files. For example, you can pass the location
+of a webpage to
+.B gedit
+, like "http://www.gnome.org", or load a file from a FTP server,
+like "ftp://ftp.gnome.org/robots.txt".
+.TP
+\fB-\fR
+.B gedit will read from stdin
+.TP
+\fB+LINE\fR
+For the first file, go to the line specified by LINE (do not insert a space between the "+" sign and the number).
+If LINE is missing, go to the last line.
+.TP
+\fBCOLUMN\fR
+For the first file, go to the column specified by COLUMN.
+If COLUMN is missing, go to the first column.
+
+.SH BUGS
+If you find a bug, please report it at the GNOME bug tracker. See: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gedit/ReportingBugs
+.SH AUTHORS
+.\" Top 5 authors (to not have a too long list), by relative contribution
+.\" (number of commits at the time of writing).
+Paolo Borelli
+.br
+Sébastien Wilmet
+.br
+Ignacio Casal Quinteiro
+.br
+Jesse van den Kieboom
+.br
+Paolo Maggi
+.br
+and many others.