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@@ -439,7 +439,24 @@ Leading ^ is removed. Trailing $ forces an exact match.
 |200010$____|match_only_200010____________________________________________|
 
 
-CONFIGURATION OVERWRITE
+DUMP SPECIFICATIONS
+
+A dump specification selects one or more dumps. It has the form [host][:disk]
+[@datestamp], where each component is a pattern as described above. If a
+component is missing, it is treated as a wildcard. The characters ':', '@', and
+'\' may be escaped within any component by preceding them with a '\'.
+Some examples:
+
+DUMPSPEC                        DESCRIPTION
+client17                        all dumps of client17
+@20080615                       All dumps on with datestamps matching 20080615
+webserver:/var/www              All dumps of /var/www on host webserver
+webserver:/var/www@200806150317 The dump of webserver with datestamp
+                                200806150317
+:/var/www                       All dumps of /var/www on any host
+
+
+CONFIGURATION OVERRIDE
 
 Most command allow to overwrite any configuration parameter on the command line
 with the -o option.