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@@ -11,3 +11,5 @@ personal use here.
 to the format of the Wordpress plugin
 [footnotes](https://wordpress.org/plugins/footnotes/) and back.
 
+Usage: `footnotes --to mmd|wp [--file $inputfile]`
+