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+.TH MSGHACK "1" "June 2013" "msghack" "User Commands"
+.SH NAME
+msghack \- alter PO files in ways
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B msghack
+[\fIOPTION\fR] \fIfile.po \fR[\fIref.po\fR]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.PP
+This program can be used to alter .po files in ways no sane mind would think about.
+.TP
+\fB\-o\fR
+result will be written to FILE
+.TP
+\fB\-\-invert\fR
+invert a po file by switching msgid and msgstr
+.TP
+\fB\-\-master\fR
+join any number of files in a master\-formatted catalog
+.TP
+\fB\-\-empty\fR
+empty the contents of the .po file, creating a .pot
+.TP
+\fB\-\-append\fR
+append entries from ref.po that don't exist in file.po
+.PP
+Note: It is just a replacement of msghack for backward support.
+.PP
+This program can be used to alter .po files in ways no sane mind would think about.
+.TP
+\fB\-o\fR
+result will be written to FILE
+.TP
+\fB\-\-invert\fR
+invert a po file by switching msgid and msgstr
+.TP
+\fB\-\-master\fR
+join any number of files in a master\-formatted catalog
+.TP
+\fB\-\-empty\fR
+empty the contents of the .po file, creating a .pot
+.TP
+\fB\-\-append\fR
+append entries from ref.po that don't exist in file.po
+.PP
+Note: It is just a replacement of msghack for backward support.