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diff --git a/man/man1/notmuch-show.1 b/man/man1/notmuch-show.1
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--- a/man/man1/notmuch-show.1
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@@ -154,6 +154,22 @@ The default is
 
 .RE
 
+.RS 4
+.TP 4
+.B \-\-body=(true|false)
+
+If true,
+.B notmuch show
+includes the bodies of the messages in the output whereas, if false,
+they are omitted. It defaults to true.  Note that
+.B --body=false
+is only implemented for the json format.
+
+This is useful if the caller is only interested in the headers as it
+is much faster and the amount of output data is substantially
+reduced.
+.RE
+
 A common use of
 .B notmuch show
 is to display a single thread of email messages. For this, use a
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