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diff --git a/doc/man1/wimlib-imagex-export.1 b/doc/man1/wimlib-imagex-export.1
index c09dabee..198b5044 100644
--- a/doc/man1/wimlib-imagex-export.1
+++ b/doc/man1/wimlib-imagex-export.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH WIMLIB-IMAGEX "1" "August 2015" "wimlib 1.8.2" "User Commands"
+.TH WIMLIB-IMAGEX "1" "January 2016" "wimlib 1.9.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 wimlib-imagex-export \- Exports an image from a WIM archive to an existing or new WIM archive
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -134,7 +134,10 @@ archive, set the compression type to that recommended for WIMBoot (currently,
 XPRESS with 4096 byte chunks).
 .TP
 \fB--unsafe-compact\fR
-See the documentation for this option in \fBwimlib-imagex-optimize\fR (1).
+Compact the WIM archive in-place and append any new data, eliminating "holes".
+In general, this option should \fInot\fR be used because a failed or interrupted
+compaction will corrupt the WIM archive.  For more information, see the
+documentation for this option in \fBwimlib-imagex-optimize\fR (1).
 .SH SPLIT WIMS
 You may use \fBwimlib-imagex export\fR to export images from a split WIM.
 The \fISRC_WIMFILE\fR argument must specify the first part of the split WIM,
@@ -159,12 +162,13 @@ To export the first image of this split WIM to a new or existing WIM file
 wimlib-imagex export mywim.swm 1 other.wim --ref="mywim*.swm"
 .RE
 .SH NOTES
-\fIData integrity\fR:  It is safe to abort a \fBwimlib-imagex export\fR command partway through.
-However, after doing this, it is recommended to run \fBwimlib-imagex
-optimize\fR on the destination WIM to remove any data that was appended to the
-physical WIM file but not yet incorporated into the structure of the WIM, unless
-the WIM was being rebuilt (e.g. with \fB--rebuild\fR), in which case you should
-delete the temporary file left over.
+\fIData integrity\fR: Except when using \fB--unsafe-compact\fR, it is safe to
+abort a \fBwimlib-imagex export\fR command partway through.  However, after
+doing this, it is recommended to run \fBwimlib-imagex optimize\fR on the
+destination WIM to remove any data that was appended to the physical WIM file
+but not yet incorporated into the structure of the WIM, unless the WIM was being
+rebuilt (e.g. with \fB--rebuild\fR), in which case you should delete the
+temporary file left over.
 .PP
 \fISingle instancing\fR: The WIM format uses single-instance streams (roughly,
 "files").  When an image is exported, only the streams ("files") not already