CLI: document handling of --config for external commands

[notmuch] / doc / man1 / notmuch.rst

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@@ -164,6 +164,11 @@ 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)`
@@ -180,6 +185,14 @@ of notmuch.
    If set to a non-empty value, the notmuch library will print (to
    stderr) Xapian queries it constructs.
 
+EXTERNAL COMMANDS
+=================
+
+When given a subcommand `foo` not recognized as built-in, notmuch will
+try to run the command (e.g. script) `notmuch-foo` in the user's
+path. The :envvar:`NOTMUCH_CONFIG` will be set according to
+:option:`--config`, if the latter is present.
+
 SEE ALSO
 ========