diff --git a/doc/hgrc.5.txt b/doc/hgrc.5.txt
--- a/doc/hgrc.5.txt
+++ b/doc/hgrc.5.txt
@@ -280,7 +280,8 @@ ui::
     the same format as a repository-wide .hgignore file. This option
     supports hook syntax, so if you want to specify multiple ignore
     files, you can do so by setting something like
-    "ignore.other = ~/.hgignore2".
+    "ignore.other = ~/.hgignore2". For details of the ignore file
+    format, see the hgignore(5) man page.
   interactive;;
     Allow to prompt the user.  True or False.  Default is True.
   logtemplate;;
@@ -358,11 +359,11 @@ Mercurial was written by Matt Mackall <m
 
 SEE ALSO
 --------
-hg(1)
+hg(1), hgignore(5)
 
 COPYING
 -------
 This manual page is copyright 2005 Bryan O'Sullivan.
-Mercurial is copyright 2005 Matt Mackall.
+Mercurial is copyright 2005, 2006 Matt Mackall.
 Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General
 Public License (GPL).