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diff --git a/doc/ledger.1 b/doc/ledger.1
index b674cb6a..7b0cc642 100644
--- a/doc/ledger.1
+++ b/doc/ledger.1
@@ -574,7 +574,10 @@ posting occurring in that period.
Display values in terms of the given
.Ar COMMODITY .
The latest available price is used.
-.\".It Fl \-explicit
+.It Fl \-explicit
+Direct Ledger to require pre-declarations for entities (such as accounts,
+commodities and tags) rather than taking entities from cleared
+transactions as defined.
.It Fl \-file Ar FILE
Read journal data from
.Ar FILE .
diff --git a/doc/ledger3.texi b/doc/ledger3.texi
index e70210ab..78db34bf 100644
--- a/doc/ledger3.texi
+++ b/doc/ledger3.texi
@@ -5970,8 +5970,10 @@ Direct Ledger to download prices.
@c @option{--getquote @var{FILE}}.
@item --explicit
-@c see test/baseline/opt-explicit.test
-@value{FIXME:UNDOCUMENTED}
+Direct Ledger to require pre-declarations for entities (such as accounts,
+commodities and tags) rather than taking entities from cleared
+transactions as defined. This option is useful in combination with
+@option{--strict} or @option{--pedantic}.
@item --file @var{FILE}
@itemx -f @var{FILE}