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 .TP
 .B -r
 Try to determine the hostname of each access by doing a reverse lookup
-on the IP address.
+on the IP address. This forces the program to display each record as
+it is discovered (the opposite of the -s option).
 
 .TP
 .B -s
 Suppress display of the individual matching records and only show the
-totals.
+totals.  This forces the suppression of reverse lookups since they
+wouldn't be displayed anyway (the opposite of the -r option).
 
 .SH EXAMPLES