1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/make.1 b/make.1
index fa9db80..2945bbe 100644
--- a/make.1
+++ b/make.1
@@ -127,6 +127,10 @@ is equivalent to
 .BR "\-C " /etc.
 This is typically used with recursive invocations of
 .IR make .
+.B \-e
+Give variables taken from the environment precedence
+over variables from makefiles.
+.TP 0.5i
 .TP 0.5i
 .B \-d
 Print debugging information in addition to normal processing.
@@ -139,7 +143,8 @@ decides what to do.
 .TP 0.5i
 .BI "\-f " file
 Use
-.I file as a makefile.
+.I file
+as a makefile.
 .TP 0.5i
 .B \-i
 Ignore all errors in commands executed to remake files.