diff --git a/man/man1/freight-add.1 b/man/man1/freight-add.1
index 7f40470..4ede5f1 100644
--- a/man/man1/freight-add.1
+++ b/man/man1/freight-add.1
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@
 \fBfreight\-add\fR \- add a package to Freight
 .
 .SH "SYNOPSIS"
-\fBfreight add\fR [\fB\-c\fR \fIconf\fR] [\fB\-v\fR] [\fB\-h\fR] \fIpackage\fR \fImanager\fR/\fIdistro\fR\.\.\.
+\fBfreight add\fR [\fB\-c\fR \fIconf\fR] [\fB\-v\fR] [\fB\-h\fR] \fIpackage\fR \fImanager\fR/\fIdistro\fR[/\fIcomponent\fR][\.\.\.]
 .
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
-\fBfreight\-add\fR registers the given package with one or more \fImanager\fR/\fIdistro\fR pairs (which likely all share the same manager)\. Currently, \fBapt\fR is the only supported \fImanager\fR\. \fIdistro\fR may be any arbitrary value but is best suited to naming a particular version of the target operating system (for example, "lenny" or "lucid")\.
+\fBfreight\-add\fR registers the given package with one or more \fImanager\fR/\fIdistro\fR[/\fIcomponent\fR] pairs (triples)\. Currently, \fBapt\fR is the only supported \fImanager\fR\. \fIdistro\fR may be any arbitrary value but is best suited to naming a particular version of the target operating system (for example, "lenny" or "lucid")\. \fIcomponent\fR is optional and for \fBapt\fR defaults to \fBmain\fR\.
 .
 .P
-The package files are organized in the Freight library so \fBfreight\-cache\fR(1) has an easy time of creating package repositories for each \fImanager\fR/\fIdistro\fR later\.
+The package files are organized in the Freight library so \fBfreight\-cache\fR(1) has an easy time of creating package repositories for each \fImanager\fR/\fIdistro\fR[/\fIcomponent\fR] later\.
 .
 .SH "OPTIONS"
 .
diff --git a/man/man1/freight-add.1.ronn b/man/man1/freight-add.1.ronn
index d3f284c..8255428 100644
--- a/man/man1/freight-add.1.ronn
+++ b/man/man1/freight-add.1.ronn
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ freight-add(1) -- add a package to Freight
 
 ## SYNOPSIS
 
-`freight add` [`-c` _conf_] [`-v`] [`-h`] _package_ _manager_/_distro_...  
+`freight add` [`-c` _conf_] [`-v`] [`-h`] _package_ _manager_/_distro_[/_component_][...]  
 
 ## DESCRIPTION
 
-`freight-add` registers the given package with one or more _manager_/_distro_ pairs (which likely all share the same manager).  Currently, `apt` is the only supported _manager_.  _distro_ may be any arbitrary value but is best suited to naming a particular version of the target operating system (for example, "lenny" or "lucid").
+`freight-add` registers the given package with one or more _manager_/_distro_[/_component_] pairs (triples).  Currently, `apt` is the only supported _manager_.  _distro_ may be any arbitrary value but is best suited to naming a particular version of the target operating system (for example, "lenny" or "lucid").  _component_ is optional and for `apt` defaults to `main`.
 
-The package files are organized in the Freight library so `freight-cache`(1) has an easy time of creating package repositories for each _manager_/_distro_ later.
+The package files are organized in the Freight library so `freight-cache`(1) has an easy time of creating package repositories for each _manager_/_distro_[/_component_] later.
 
 ## OPTIONS