diff --git a/doc/nano.1 b/doc/nano.1
index fb6de46893026a4df1de023b50b49079ede29425..4e6cdbffa02603d5e6a7130a0d6f7217ce7ce11f 100644
--- a/doc/nano.1
+++ b/doc/nano.1
@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@ top of copying Pico's look and feel, \fBnano\fP also implements some
 missing (or disabled by default) features in Pico, such as "search and
 replace" and "go to line and column number".
 
+When opening a file, the cursor can be put on a specific line by adding
+the line number with a plus sign (\fB+\fR) before the filename, and even
+in a specific column by adding it with a comma.
+
+If the first file specified is a dash (\fB\-\fR), \fBnano\fR will read
+data from standard input.
+
 .SH EDITING
 Entering text and moving around in a file is straightforward: typing the
 letters and using the normal cursor movement keys.  Commands are entered
@@ -61,11 +68,6 @@ The default key bindings can be changed via the .nanorc file -- see
 
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
-.B +\fIline\fP,\fIcolumn\fP
-Places the cursor on line number \fIline\fP and at column number \fIcolumn\fP
-(at least one of which must be specified) on startup, instead of the
-default line 1, column 1.
-.TP
 .BR \-A ", " \-\-smarthome
 Make the Home key smarter.  When Home is pressed anywhere but at the
 very beginning of non-whitespace characters on a line, the cursor will
diff --git a/doc/nano.texi b/doc/nano.texi
index 662b2a13c487f9633e5fdeb823b710c674ad5e14..a297a1f0f9893baf72bb204be51eda56e8c7b85f 100644
--- a/doc/nano.texi
+++ b/doc/nano.texi
@@ -101,13 +101,18 @@ But it is also possible to specify one or more options, and to edit
 several files in a row.  Additionally, the cursor can be put on a
 specific line of a file by adding the line number
 with a plus sign before the filename, and even in a specific column by
-adding it with a comma.  So the complete command synopsis is:
+adding it with a comma.
+
+Also, if the first file specified is a dash, @code{nano} will read
+data from standard input.
+
+So a more complete command synopsis is:
 
 @quotation
 @code{nano [OPTION]@dots{} [[+LINE[,COLUMN]|+,COLUMN] FILE]@dots{}}
 @end quotation
 
-But normallly you would set your preferred options in your
+But normally you would set your preferred options in your
 @file{.nanorc} file.  And when the @code{positionlog} option is set
 (making @code{nano} remember the cursor position when you close a file),
 you will rarely need to specify a line number.
@@ -120,10 +125,6 @@ you will rarely need to specify a line number.
 
 @table @option
 
-@item +@var{line},@var{column}
-Start at line number @var{line} and column number @var{column} (at least one of
-which must be specified) instead of the default of line 1, column 1.
-
 @item -A
 @itemx --smarthome
 Make the Home key smarter.  When Home is pressed anywhere but at the