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diff --git a/doc/man7/notmuch-sexp-queries.rst b/doc/man7/notmuch-sexp-queries.rst
index 1118f854..0304759e 100644
--- a/doc/man7/notmuch-sexp-queries.rst
+++ b/doc/man7/notmuch-sexp-queries.rst
@@ -41,15 +41,19 @@ subqueries.
     The empty list matches all messages
 
 *term*
-    Match all messages containing *term*, possibly after stemming
-    or phase splitting.
+    Match all messages containing *term*, possibly after
+    stemming or phase splitting. For discussion of stemming in
+    notmuch see :any:`notmuch-search-terms(7)`. Stemming only applies
+    to unquoted terms (basic values) in s-expression queries.
 
 ``(`` *field* |q1| |q2| ... |qn| ``)``
     Restrict the queries |q1| to |qn| to *field*, and combine with *and*
     (for most fields) or *or*. See :any:`fields` for more information.
 
 ``(`` *operator* |q1| |q2| ... |qn| ``)``
-    Combine queries |q1| to |qn|. See :any:`operators` for more information.
+    Combine queries |q1| to |qn|. Currently supported operators are
+    ``and``, ``or``, and ``not``. ``(not`` |q1| ... |qn| ``)`` is equivalent
+    to ``(and (not`` |q1| ``) ... (not`` |qn| ``))``.
 
 ``(`` *modifier* |q1| |q2| ... |qn| ``)``
     Combine queries |q1| to |qn|, and reinterpret the result (e.g. as a regular expression).
@@ -60,11 +64,6 @@ subqueries.
 FIELDS
 ``````
 
-.. _operators:
-
-OPERATORS
-`````````
-
 .. _modifiers:
 
 MODIFIERS
@@ -76,6 +75,17 @@ EXAMPLES
 ``Wizard``
     Match all messages containing the word "wizard", ignoring case.
 
+``added``
+    Match all messages containing "added", but also those containing "add", "additional",
+    "Additional", "adds", etc... via stemming.
+
+``(and Bob Marley)``
+    Match messages containing words "Bob" and "Marley", or their stems
+    The words need not be adjacent.
+
+``(not Bob Marley)``
+    Match messages containing neither "Bob" nor "Marley", nor their stems,
+
 .. |q1| replace:: :math:`q_1`
 .. |q2| replace:: :math:`q_2`
 .. |qn| replace:: :math:`q_n`