--- a/src/doc/user/usermanual.sgml
+++ b/src/doc/user/usermanual.sgml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
       Dockes</holder>
     </copyright>
 
-    <releaseinfo>$Id: usermanual.sgml,v 1.40 2007-02-14 10:10:42 dockes Exp $</releaseinfo>
+    <releaseinfo>$Id: usermanual.sgml,v 1.41 2007-05-18 07:41:40 dockes Exp $</releaseinfo>
 
     <abstract>
       <para>This document introduces full text search notions
@@ -720,28 +720,27 @@
       <para>Here follows a sample request that we are going to
       explain:</para>
       <programlisting>
-          mime:message/rfc822 author:"john doe" Beatles OR Lennon Live OR Unplugged -potatoes
+          author:"john doe" Beatles OR Lennon Live OR Unplugged -potatoes
       </programlisting>
 
-      <para>This would search for all email messages with 
+      <para>This would search for all documents with 
       <replaceable>John Doe</replaceable>
-      appearing as a phrase in the <literal>From:</literal> header,
+      appearing as a phrase in the author field (exactly what this is
+      would depend on the document type, ie: the
+      <literal>From:</literal> header, for an email message),
       and containing either <replaceable>beatles</replaceable> or
       <replaceable>lennon</replaceable> and either
       <replaceable>live</replaceable> or
       <replaceable>unplugged</replaceable> but not
-      <replaceable>potatoes</replaceable>.</para>
-
-      <para>The first element, <literal>mime:message/rfc822</literal>
-      is a special switch that restricts the results to be email
-      messages. There could be several such switches, which would form
-      a list of allowed types.</para>
-
-      <para>The second element <literal>author:"john doe"</literal> is
+      <replaceable>potatoes</replaceable> (in any part of the document).</para>
+
+      <para>The first element <literal>author:"john doe"</literal> is
       a phrase search limited to a specific field. Phrase searches are
       specified as usual by enclosing the words in double quotes. The
-      field specification appears before the colon. &RCL; currently
-      manages the following fields:</para>
+      field specification appears before the colon (of course this is
+      not limited to phrases, <literal>author:Balzac</literal> would
+      be ok too). &RCL; currently manages the following fields:</para>
+
       <itemizedlist>
 	<listitem><para><literal>title</literal>,
 	<literal>subject</literal> or <literal>caption</literal> are