diff --git a/man/mu-easy.1 b/man/mu-easy.1
index 3f338c18..56817135 100644
--- a/man/mu-easy.1
+++ b/man/mu-easy.1
@@ -134,15 +134,18 @@ Get all messages from Jim without an attachment:
 \fB$ mu find from:jim AND NOT flag:attach\fR 
 .fi
 
-Get all unread messages about some dance:
+Get all unread messages where the subject is about some dance:
 .nf
 \fB$ mu find flag:new subject:tango\fR 
 .fi
 
-Get all messages unread messages between March 2002 and August 2003 about scuba-diving:
+Get all messages unread messages between March 2002 and August 2003 about
+scuba-diving:
 .nf
 \fB$mu find date:20020301..20030831 flag:new scuba
 .fi
+(caveat: the dates we're matching here are based on UTC ('Greenwich time'),
+which may differ a few hours with your local hours)
 
 
 .SH DISPLAYING MESSAGES
diff --git a/man/mu-find.1 b/man/mu-find.1
index c72ec82d..ad12808f 100644
--- a/man/mu-find.1
+++ b/man/mu-find.1
@@ -164,11 +164,13 @@ The date:/d: search parameter is 'special' in the fact that it takes a range
 of dates. For now, these dates are in ISO 8601 format (YYYYMMDD). To get all
 messages between (inclusive) the 5th of May 2009 and the 2nd of June 2010, you
 could use:
-
 .nf
 	mu find date:20090505..20100602 
 .fi
-
+An important point here is that the date matches are against UTC (Universal
+Coordinated Time), while message are displayed using your local
+time. Depending on the timezone, this may lead to some messages which don't
+seem to fit in the interval.
 
 .SH OPTIONS
 
diff --git a/man/mu.1 b/man/mu.1
index e0513b44..dc665a30 100644
--- a/man/mu.1
+++ b/man/mu.1
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ mu \- index and search e-mail messages stored in Maildirs
 
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 
+.B mu [options]
+
 .B mu index [options]
 
 .B mu cleanup [options]
@@ -18,8 +20,6 @@ mu \- index and search e-mail messages stored in Maildirs
 
 .B mu extract [options] <file> [<parts>]
 
-.B mu [options]
-
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 
 \fBmu\fR is a set of tools for dealing with e-mail messages in Maildirs. 
@@ -32,7 +32,11 @@ In addition to indexing and searching, \fBmu\fR also offers functionality for
 viewing messages, extracting attachments and creating maildirs.
 
 \fBmu\fR can be used from the command line or can be integrated with e-mail
-clients. Note: the various sub-commands have their own manpages.
+clients.
+
+This manpage gives a general overview of the available commands
+('index', 'find', etc.); for m
+
 
 .SH COMMANDS