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diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man
index bc988e8e..c800276b 100644
--- a/fetchmail.man
+++ b/fetchmail.man
@@ -1256,6 +1256,9 @@ T}
dropstatus \& T{
Strip Status and X-Mozilla-Status lines out of incoming mail
T}
+dropdelivered \& T{
+Strip Delivered-To lines out of incoming mail
+T}
mimedecode \& T{
Convert quoted-printable to 8-bit in MIME messages
T}
@@ -1286,6 +1289,9 @@ T}
no dropstatus \& T{
Don't drop Status headers (default)
T}
+no dropdelivered \& T{
+Don't drop Delivered-To headers (default)
+T}
no mimedecode \& T{
Don't convert quoted-printable to 8-bit in MIME messages (default)
T}
@@ -1330,8 +1336,9 @@ All options correspond to the obvious command-line arguments, except
the following: `via', `interval', `aka', `is', `to', `dns'/`no dns',
`checkalias'/`no checkalias', `password', `preconnect', `postconnect',
`localdomains', `stripcr'/`no stripcr', `forcecr'/`no forcecr',
-`pass8bits'/`no pass8bits' `dropstatus/no dropstatus', `mimedecode/no
-mimedecode', `idle/no idle', and `no envelope'.
+`pass8bits'/`no pass8bits' `dropstatus/no dropstatus',
+`dropdelivered/no dropdelivered', `mimedecode/no mimedecode', `idle/no
+idle', and `no envelope'.
.PP
The `via' option is for use with ssh, or if you want to have more
than one configuration pointing at the same site. If it is present,
@@ -1480,6 +1487,12 @@ confuse some new-mail notifiers, which assume that anything with a
Status line in it has been seen. (Note: the empty Status lines
inserted by some buggy POP servers are unconditionally discarded.)
.PP
+The `dropdelivered' option controls wether Delivered-To headers will
+be kept in fetched mail (the default) or discarded. These headers are
+added by Qmail and Postfix mailservers in order to avoid mail loops but
+may get in your way if you try to "mirror" a mailserver within the same
+domain. Use with caution.
+.PP
The `mimedecode' option controls whether MIME messages using the
quoted-printable encoding are automatically converted into pure 8-bit
data. If you are delivering mail to an ESMTP-capable, 8-bit-clean