diff --git a/MANUAL b/MANUAL
index 7924e5b6e..51eeb545e 100644
--- a/MANUAL
+++ b/MANUAL
@@ -492,8 +492,9 @@ format. Examples:
 
  ``2010/01/31`` or ``2010/1/31`` or ``2010-1-31`` or ``2010.1.31``
 
-(Though, oddly enough, the `web <#web>`_ add form accepts `smart dates
-<#smart-dates>`_.)
+The `add <#add>`_ command and the `web <#web>`_ add form, as well as
+some other places, accept `smart dates <#smart-dates>`_ - more about
+those below.
 
 Default year
 ''''''''''''
@@ -544,8 +545,8 @@ The second date may omit the year if it is the same as the first's.
 Smart dates
 '''''''''''
 
-In `period expressions <#period-expressions>`_, the -b and -e options,
-and the `web <#web>`_ add form,
+In `period expressions <#period-expressions>`_, the ``-b`` and ``-e``
+options, the `add <#add>`_ command and the `web <#web>`_ add form,
 more flexible "smart dates" are allowed. Here are some examples:
 
 - ``2009/1/1``, ``2009/01/01``, ``2009-1-1``, ``2009.1.1``, ``2009/1``, ``2009`` (january 1, 2009)