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diff --git a/driver/xf86-video-openchrome/man/openchrome.man b/driver/xf86-video-openchrome/man/openchrome.man
index fae904c6a..e20b68ede 100644
--- a/driver/xf86-video-openchrome/man/openchrome.man
+++ b/driver/xf86-video-openchrome/man/openchrome.man
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ The
.B openchrome
driver supports the following chipsets: CLE266, KM400/KN400/KM400A/P4M800,
CN400/PM800/PN800/PM880, K8M800, CN700/VM800/P4M800Pro, CX700, P4M890, K8M890,
-P4M900/VN896/CN896, VX800 and VX855.
+P4M900/VN896/CN896, VX800, VX855 and VX900.
The driver includes 2D acceleration and Xv video overlay extensions.
Flat panel, TV, and VGA outputs are supported, depending on the hardware
configuration.
@@ -59,16 +59,18 @@ are supported:
.BI "Option \*qAccelMethod\*q \*q" string \*q
The driver supports "XAA" and "EXA" acceleration methods. The default
method is XAA, since EXA is still experimental. Contrary to XAA, EXA
-implements acceleration for screen uploads and downlads (if DRI is
+implements acceleration for screen uploads and downloads (if DRI is
enabled) and for the Render/Composite extension.
.TP
.BI "Option \*qActiveDevice\*q \*q" string \*q
Specifies the active device combination. Any string containing "CRT",
"LCD", "DFP", "TV" should be possible. "CRT" represents anything that
-is connected to the VGA port, "LCD" and "DFP" are for laptop panels
-(not TFT screens attached to the VGA port), "TV" is self-explanatory.
+is connected to the VGA port, "LCD" is for laptop panels (not TFT screens
+attached to the VGA port), "DFP" is for screens connected to the DVI port,
+"TV" is self-explanatory.
The default is to use what is detected. The driver is currently unable
-to use LCD and TV simultaneously, and will favour the LCD.
+to use LCD and TV simultaneously, and will favour the LCD. The DVI port is
+not properly probed and needs to be enabled with this option.
.TP
.BI "Option \*qAGPMem\*q \*q" integer \*q
Sets the amount of AGP memory that is allocated at X server startup.
@@ -81,7 +83,7 @@ EXA scratch area in AGP space, it will be allocated from VRAM. If there is
no room for DRI textures, they will be allocated from the DRI part of
VRAM (see the option "MaxDRIMem"). The default amount of AGP is
32768 kB. Note that the AGP aperture set in the BIOS must be able
-to accomodate the amount of AGP memory specified here. Otherwise no
+to accommodate the amount of AGP memory specified here. Otherwise no
AGP memory will be available. It is safe to set a very large AGP
aperture in the BIOS.
.TP
@@ -131,10 +133,10 @@ as possible to the EXA pixmap storage area.
.TP
.BI "Option \*qMigrationHeuristic\*q \*q" string \*q
Sets the heuristic for EXA pixmap migration. This is an EXA core
-option, and on Xorg server versions after 1.1.0 this defaults to
-"smart". The openchrome driver performs best with "greedy", so you
+option, and starting from __xservername__ server version 1.3.0 this defaults to
+"always". The openchrome driver performs best with "greedy", so you
should really add this option to your configuration file. The third
-possibility is "always", which might become more useful in the future.
+possibility is "smart".
.TP
.BI "Option \*qNoAccel\*q \*q" boolean \*q
Disables the use of hardware acceleration. Acceleration is enabled
@@ -159,9 +161,16 @@ Specifies the size (width x height) of the LCD panel attached to the
system. The sizes 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024, and 1400x1050
are supported.
.TP
+.BI "Option \*qRotationType\*q \*q" string \*q
+Enabled rotation by using RandR. The driver only support unaccelerated
+RandR rotations "SWRandR". Hardware rotations "HWRandR" is currently
+unimplemented.
+.TP
.BI "Option \*qRotate\*q \*q" string \*q
Rotates the display either clockwise ("CW"), counterclockwise ("CCW") and
-upside-down ("UD"). Rotation is only supported unaccelerated.
+upside-down ("UD"). Rotation is only supported unaccelerated. Adding
+option "Rotate", enables RandR rotation feature. The RandR allows
+clients to dynamically change X screens.
.TP
.BI "Option \*qShadowFB\*q \*q" boolean \*q
Enables the use of a shadow frame buffer. This is required when
@@ -234,6 +243,6 @@ overscan). These modes are made available by the driver; modelines
provided in __xconfigfile__ will be ignored.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
-__xservername__(__appmansuffix__), __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__), Xserver(__appmansuffix__), X(__miscmansuffix__)
+__xservername__(__appmansuffix__), __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__), Xserver(__appmansuffix__), X(__miscmansuffix__), EXA(__filemansuffix__), Xv(__filemansuffix__)
.SH AUTHORS
Authors include: ...