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@@ -255,9 +255,8 @@ a valid user name / password pair must be specified with the -u<
Multiple attributes can be specified as well as several attachments. If
attributes with multiple possible values are defined in a logbook (via the
-"MOptions" keyword), they have to be specified with an index number
-like -a <attribute>_0=<value1> -a <attribute>_1=<value2>
-etc, even if only a single value is submitted.
+"MOptions" keyword), they can be separated with a "|",
+like -a "<attribute>=<value1> | <value2>".
The message text can be supplied directly at the command line or submitted
from a file with the -m flag.