diff --git a/doc/cgmnlm.scd b/doc/cgmnlm.scd

index 1ed6e620cb39e04ade8b98fa9bab7e7c0bacc5e9..0e50aa7bfe8eed0814a18456ef101cd30180fb14 100644

--- a/doc/cgmnlm.scd

+++ b/doc/cgmnlm.scd

@@ -28,3 +28,6 @@ features.

*-W* _width_

Sets the maximum width, in columns, of Gemtext pages.

+

+*-A*

+ Enables alternate text instead of preformatted text by default.

diff --git a/src/gmnlm.c b/src/gmnlm.c

index f93ae642c8c641c9718f8ee849b0f666bdcd2869..cec330b44ae6e9252e92fbd1a5d74e7592b84e2a 100644

--- a/src/gmnlm.c

+++ b/src/gmnlm.c

@@ -1269,7 +1269,7 @@ .meta = NULL,

};

int c;

- while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "hj:PUW:")) != -1) {

+ while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "hj:PAUW:")) != -1) {

switch (c) {

case 'h':

usage(argv[0]);

@@ -1285,6 +1285,9 @@ } else {

usage(argv[0]);

return 1;

}

+ break;

+ case 'A':

+ browser.alttext = true;

break;

case 'P':

browser.pagination = false;