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diff --git a/doc/man1/notmuch.rst b/doc/man1/notmuch.rst
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--- a/doc/man1/notmuch.rst
+++ b/doc/man1/notmuch.rst
@@ -130,14 +130,16 @@ and to restore from that dump.
 The :any:`notmuch-config(1)` command can be used to get or set
 settings in the notmuch configuration file.
 
-CUSTOM COMMANDS
----------------
+EXTERNAL COMMANDS
+-----------------
 
 If the given command is not known to notmuch, notmuch tries to execute
 the external **notmuch-<subcommand>** in :envvar:`PATH` instead. This
 allows users to have their own notmuch related tools to be run via the
 notmuch command. By design, this does not allow notmuch's own commands
-to be overridden using external commands.
+to be overridden using external commands.  The environment variable
+:envvar:`NOTMUCH_CONFIG` will be set according to :option:`--config`,
+if the latter is present.
 
 OPTION SYNTAX
 -------------
@@ -164,6 +166,11 @@ of notmuch.
    Specifies the location of the notmuch configuration file. See
    :any:`notmuch-config(1)` for details.
 
+.. envvar:: NOTMUCH_DATABASE
+
+   Specifies the location of the notmuch database. See
+   :any:`notmuch-config(1)` for details.
+
 .. envvar:: NOTMUCH_PROFILE
 
    Selects among notmuch configurations. See :any:`notmuch-config(1)`