diff --git a/xorriso/xorriso.1 b/xorriso/xorriso.1
index 0d6dcea2..2b410b04 100644
--- a/xorriso/xorriso.1
+++ b/xorriso/xorriso.1
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 .\" First parameter, NAME, should be all caps
 .\" Second parameter, SECTION, should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection
 .\" other parameters are allowed: see man(7), man(1)
-.TH XORRISO 1 "Jun 22, 2009"
+.TH XORRISO 1 "Jun 23, 2009"
 .\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage.
 .\"
 .\" Some roff macros, for reference:
@@ -668,7 +668,8 @@ terminal where xorriso runs. Before attributing this local character set
 to the produced ISO image, check whether the terminal properly displays
 all intended filenames, especially exotic national characters.
 .TP
-\fB\-hardlinks\fR "on"|"off"|"without_update"|"start_update"|"end_update" |"start_extract"|"end_extract"
+\fB\-hardlinks\fR "on" | "off" | "without_update" | "perform_update" | "start_extract" | "end_extract"
+.br
 Enable or disable loading and recording of hardlink relations.
 .br
 In default mode "off", iso_rr files lose their inode numbers at image load
@@ -682,11 +683,11 @@ identical properties. The family members all get the same inode number.
 Whether these numbers are respected at mount time depends on the operating
 system.
 .br
-Commands -update and -update_r detect splits and fusions of hard links in
-filesystems which have stable device and inode numbers.
-Multiple -update_r commands should be surrounded by -hardlinks "start_update"
-and -hardlinks "end_update". This avoids multiple sorting of ISO image nodes.
-"start_update" implies "on".
+Commands -update and -update_r track splits and fusions of hard links in
+filesystems which have stable device and inode numbers. This can cause
+automatic last minute changes before the session gets written. Command
+-hardlinks "perform_update" may be used to do these changes earlier.
+.br
 Mode "without_update" avoids hardlink processing during update commands.
 .br
 xorriso commands which extract files from an ISO image try to hardlink files