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diff --git a/doc/imagex-export.1.in b/doc/imagex-export.1.in
index 0c13577d..e0ad169a 100644
--- a/doc/imagex-export.1.in
+++ b/doc/imagex-export.1.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH IMAGEX "1" "November 2012" "imagex (wimlib) wimlib @VERSION@" "User Commands"
+.TH IMAGEX "1" "March 2013" "imagex (wimlib) wimlib @VERSION@" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 imagex-export \- Exports an image from a WIM archive to an existing or new WIM archive
 
@@ -45,10 +45,11 @@ If multiple images are being exported, this flag indicates that the image in the
 error.
 .TP
 \fB--check\fR
-When reading \fISRC_WIMFILE\fR, verify its integrity if the integrity table is
-present; additionally, when writing \fIDEST_WIMFILE\fR with the new image added,
-write an integrity table.  If this option is not specified, no integrity table
-is included in \fIDEST_WIMFILE\fR, even if there was one before.
+When reading \fISRC_WIMFILE\fR, and \fIDEST_WIMFILE\fR if it exists, verify the
+file's integrity if the integrity table is present; additionally, when writing
+\fIDEST_WIMFILE\fR with the new image added, write an integrity table.  If this
+option is not specified, no integrity table is included in \fIDEST_WIMFILE\fR,
+even if there was one before.
 .TP
 \fB--compress\fR=\fITYPE\fR
 Specifies the compression type for \fIDEST_WIMFILE\fR.  This is only valid if
@@ -70,9 +71,9 @@ done in these cases.
 .TP
 \fB--rebuild\fR
 When exporting image(s) to an existing WIM: rebuild the entire WIM rather than
-appending an image to the end of it.  Rebuilding the WIM is slower, but will
-save a little bit of space that would otherwise be left as a hole in the WIM.
-Also see \fBimagex optimize\fR.
+appending data to the end of it.  Rebuilding the WIM is slower, but will save a
+little bit of space that would otherwise be left as a hole in the WIM.  Also see
+\fBimagex optimize\fR.
 .TP
 \fB--ref\fR="\fIGLOB\fR"
 File glob of additional split WIM parts that are part of the split WIM being
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ included in the glob (but the first part MUST be specified as \fISRC_WIMFILE\fR
 well).
 
 Here's an example.  The names for the split WIMs usually go something like:
-	
+
 .RS
 .PP
 .nf
@@ -110,6 +111,15 @@ imagex export mywim.swm 1 other.wim --ref="mywim*.swm"
 .RE
 .PP
 
+.SH NOTES
+
+Unless \fB--rebuild\fR is specified, aborting an \fBimagex export\fR command
+mid-way through has a small chance of corrupting the destination WIM file.
+However, a precaution is taken against this, so it should be very unlikely.  In
+the event of an aborted \fBimagex export\fR, \fBimagex optimize\fR can be run to
+remove extra data that may have been partially appended to the physical
+destination WIM file but not yet incorporated into the structure of the WIM.
+
 .SH EXAMPLES
 Export the second image of 'boot.wim' to the new WIM file 'new.wim', and
 change the compression type to maximum, if it wasn't maximum already: