diff --git a/bin/feedgnuplot b/bin/feedgnuplot
index 8965235..bf494ba 100755
--- a/bin/feedgnuplot
+++ b/bin/feedgnuplot
@@ -1277,7 +1277,9 @@ This command causes feedgnuplot to exit.
 The script is able to produce hardcopy output with C<--hardcopy outputfile>. The
 output type can be inferred from the filename, if B<.ps>, B<.eps>, B<.pdf>,
 B<.svg> or B<.png> is requested. If any other file type is requested,
-C<--terminal> I<must> be passed in to tell gnuplot how to make the plot.
+C<--terminal> I<must> be passed in to tell gnuplot how to make the plot. If
+C<--terminal> is passed in, then the C<--hardcopy> argument only provides the
+output filename.
 
 =head2 Self-plotting data files
 
@@ -1651,16 +1653,17 @@ For 3D plots, set square aspect ratio for ONLY the x,y axes
 C<--hardcopy xxx>
 
 If not streaming, output to a file specified here. Format inferred from
-filename, unless specified by C<--terminal>
+filename, unless specified by C<--terminal>. If C<--terminal> is given,
+C<--hardcopy> sets I<only> the output filename.
 
 =item
 
 C<--terminal xxx>
 
 String passed to 'set terminal'. No attempts are made to validate this.
-C<--hardcopy> sets this to some sensible defaults if --hardcopy is given .png,
-.pdf, .ps, .eps or .svg. If any other file type is desired, use both
-C<--hardcopy> and C<--terminal>
+C<--hardcopy> sets this to some sensible defaults if C<--hardcopy> is set to a
+filename ending in C<.png>, C<.pdf>, C<.ps>, C<.eps> or C<.svg>. If any other
+file type is desired, use both C<--hardcopy> and C<--terminal>
 
 =item