-.TH WIMLIB-IMAGEX "1" "October 2013" "@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ @VERSION@" "User Commands"
+.TH WIMLIB-IMAGEX "1" "December 2013" "@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ @VERSION@" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@-capture, @IMAGEX_PROGNAME@-append \- Create or append a WIM image
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fB--compress\fR=\fITYPE\fR
Specifies the compression type for the new WIM file. This flag is only valid
for \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ capture\fR, since the compression mode for
-\fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ append\fR must be the same as that of the existing WIM (and
-is automatically set as such).
-\fITYPE\fR may be "none", "fast", or "maximum". By default, it is "maximum".
-This default behavior is different from Microsoft's ImageX, where the default is
-"fast". \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ capture\fR instead gives you the best compression
-ratio by default and makes up for the slightly slower compression by being
-faster than Microsoft's software in the first place and using multiple CPUs when
-available.
+\fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ append\fR must be the same as that of the existing
+WIM (and is automatically set as such). \fITYPE\fR may be "none",
+"fast", or "maximum". As of wimlib v1.5.3, the default is LZX compression, but
+in a special mode that is somewhere in between "fast" and "maximum" in terms of
+speed and compression ratio. Use \fB--compress\fR=\fImaximum\fR to explicitly
+request a better compression ratio at the cost of more time spent compressing.
.IP ""
You may also specify the actual names of the compression algorithms, "XPRESS"
and "LZX", instead of "fast" and "maximum", respectively.
.SH EXAMPLES
First example: Create a new WIM 'mywim.wim' with "maximum" (LZX) compression
that will contain a captured image of the directory tree 'somedir'. Note that
-\fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@\fR uses "maximum" (LZX) compression by default, so
-\fB--compress\fR does \fInot\fR need to be specified; furthermore, the image
-name need not be specified and will default to 'somedir':
+the image name need not be specified and will default to 'somedir':
.RS
.PP
-@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ capture somedir mywim.wim
+@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ capture somedir mywim.wim --compress=maximum
.RE
.PP
or, if the \fBwimcapture\fR hard link or batch file has been installed, the