diff --git a/man/man1/notmuch-new.1 b/man/man1/notmuch-new.1
index 77d47764..76910a41 100644
--- a/man/man1/notmuch-new.1
+++ b/man/man1/notmuch-new.1
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ has previously been completed, but
 .B "notmuch new"
 has not previously been run.
 
+.B "notmuch new"
+updates tags according to maildir flag changes if the
+.B "maildir.synchronize_flags"
+configuration option is enabled. See \fBnotmuch-config\fR(1) for
+details.
 
 The
 .B new
diff --git a/man/man1/notmuch-restore.1 b/man/man1/notmuch-restore.1
index 2191df01..ef279387 100644
--- a/man/man1/notmuch-restore.1
+++ b/man/man1/notmuch-restore.1
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ dump file.
 See \fBnotmuch-search-terms\fR(7)
 for details of the supported syntax for <search-terms>.
 
+.B "notmuch restore"
+updates the maildir flags according to tag changes if the
+.B "maildir.synchronize_flags"
+configuration option is enabled. See \fBnotmuch-config\fR(1) for
+details.
+
 .RE
 .SH SEE ALSO
 
diff --git a/man/man1/notmuch-tag.1 b/man/man1/notmuch-tag.1
index 993911b9..7281bb2c 100644
--- a/man/man1/notmuch-tag.1
+++ b/man/man1/notmuch-tag.1
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ an initial search term beginning with '+' or '\-' is provided
 by allowing the user to specify a "\-\-" argument to separate
 the tags from the search terms.
 
+.B "notmuch tag"
+updates the maildir flags according to tag changes if the
+.B "maildir.synchronize_flags"
+configuration option is enabled. See \fBnotmuch-config\fR(1) for
+details.
+
 .SH SEE ALSO
 
 \fBnotmuch\fR(1), \fBnotmuch-config\fR(1), \fBnotmuch-count\fR(1),