Add docs on specifying parrot options.

rakudo · Apr 14, 2010 · 2ec0e4e · 2ec0e4e
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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ perl6 - Rakudo Perl 6 Compiler
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
-perl6 [switches] [--] [programfile] [arguments]
+ perl6 [switches] [--] [programfile] [arguments]
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
@@ -22,6 +22,15 @@ by default also executes the compiled code.
 
 Note that only boolean single-letter options may be bundled 
 
+=head1 PARROT OPTIONS
+
+To specify options to the underlying parrot VM, you must explicitly run
+parrot; you cannot specify these options by using the C<perl6> executable.
+
+ parrot [parrot switches] perl6.pbc [switches] [--] [programfile] [arguments]
+
+See C<parrot --help> for a list of valid parrot options.
+
 =head1 AUTHORS
 
 Written by the Rakudo contributors, see the CREDITS file.