diff --git a/README b/README
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ Mercurial commands:
  $ hg remove bar       # mark a file as removed
  $ hg verify           # check repo integrity
  $ hg tags             # show current tags
+ $ hg tag <name>       # tag current tip with distributed tag <name>
+ $ hg tag -l <name>    # tag current tip with local tag <name>
  $ hg annotate [files] # show changeset numbers for each file line
 
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