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diff --git a/doc/man7/notmuch-search-terms.rst b/doc/man7/notmuch-search-terms.rst
index e80cc7d0..acc1c967 100644
--- a/doc/man7/notmuch-search-terms.rst
+++ b/doc/man7/notmuch-search-terms.rst
@@ -153,10 +153,11 @@ date:<since>..<until> or date:<date>
 lastmod:<initial-revision>..<final-revision>
     The **lastmod:** prefix can be used to restrict the result by the
     database revision number of when messages were last modified (tags
-    were added/removed or filenames changed). This is usually used in
-    conjunction with the ``--uuid`` argument to
-    :any:`notmuch-search(1)` to find messages that have changed since
-    an earlier query.
+    were added/removed or filenames changed). Negative revisions are
+    interpreted relative to the most recent database revision (see
+    :option:`count --lastmod`). This is usually used in conjunction
+    with the ``--uuid`` argument to :any:`notmuch-search(1)` to find
+    messages that have changed since an earlier query.
 
 query:<name>
     The **query:** prefix allows queries to refer to previously saved
@@ -169,6 +170,12 @@ property:<key>=<value>
     can be present on a given message with several different values.
     See :any:`notmuch-properties(7)` for more details.
 
+sexp:<subquery>
+    The **sexp:** prefix allows subqueries in the format
+    documented in :any:`notmuch-sexp-queries(7)`. Note that subqueries containing
+    spaces must be quoted, and any embedded double quotes must be escaped
+    (see :any:`quoting`).
+
 User defined prefixes are also supported, see :any:`notmuch-config(1)` for
 details.
 
@@ -257,7 +264,7 @@ Boolean
 Probabilistic
   **body:**, **to:**, **attachment:**, **mimetype:**
 Special
-   **from:**, **query:**, **subject:**
+   **from:**, **query:**, **subject:**, **sexp:**
 
 Terms and phrases
 -----------------
@@ -275,11 +282,13 @@ the same phrase.
 - a.list.of.words
 
 Both parenthesised lists of terms and quoted phrases are ok with
-probabilistic prefixes such as **to:**, **from:**, and **subject:**. In particular
+probabilistic prefixes such as **to:**, **from:**, and **subject:**.
+For prefixes supporting regex search, the parenthesised list should be
+quoted.  In particular
 
 ::
 
-   subject:(pizza free)
+   subject:"(pizza free)"
 
 is equivalent to
 
@@ -295,6 +304,8 @@ Both of these will match a subject "Free Delicious Pizza" while
 
 will not.
 
+.. _quoting:
+
 Quoting
 -------
 
@@ -322,6 +333,13 @@ e.g.
    % notmuch search 'folder:"/^.*/(Junk|Spam)$/"'
    % notmuch search 'thread:"{from:mallory and date:2009}" and thread:{to:mallory}'
 
+Double quotes within query strings need to be doubled to escape them.
+
+::
+
+   % notmuch search 'tag:"""quoted tag"""'
+   % notmuch search 'sexp:"(or ""wizard"" ""php"")"'
+
 DATE AND TIME SEARCH
 ====================