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 @node Commands
 @unnumbered Commands
 
+There are three basic main commands, originally suggested by DJB in his
+articles:
+
 @table @command
+@item redo
+    Forcefully and sequentially build specified targets. This is the
+    main command you will explicitly use from the command line. If no
+    targets are given, then @file{all} target will be used by default.
+@item redo-ifchange
+    Rebuild specified targets if they are out-of-date and record them as
+    a dependency for the currently run target. This is the main command
+    you will use in @file{.do} files.
+@item redo-ifcreate
+    Record the non-existent file dependency for the currently run
+    target. Target will be rebuilt if any of the given files appear. Can
+    be used only inside @file{.do} file.
+@end table
 
-@item redo-ifchange, redo-ifcreate, redo-always
+Pay attention that @command{redo-ifchange} enables parallel builds of
+the given targets, but ordinary @command{redo} is not: it builds
+specified targets sequentially and stops when error happens.
 
-@item redo
-    Same as @command{redo-ifchange}, but forcefully and sequentially run
-    specified targets.
+@option{-x} option can be used to enable tracing (@code{set -x}) of the
+currently run shell script @file{.do} file. @option{-xx} option enables
+tracing for all invoked @file{.do} files further.
+
+With @option{-j} option you can enable parallel builds, probably with an
+infinite number of workers (@code{=0}). Also you can set
+@env{$REDO_JOBS} to automatically apply that setting globally.
+
+Read about @ref{Logs, log storage capabilities}.
+
+@option{-log-pid} (@env{$REDO_LOG_PID=1}) can be used to prefix job's
+@code{stderr} with the PID, that could be useful during parallel builds.
+@option{-d} (@env{$REDO_DEBUG=1}) enables debug messages.
 
-@item redo-log
-    Display @url{http://cr.yp.to/libtai/tai64.html, TAI64N} timestamped
-    last @command{stderr} of the target, captured before.
+@option{-no-progress} (@env{$REDO_NO_PROGRESS=1}) and
+@option{-no-status} (@env{$REDO_NO_STATUS=1}) disable statusline and
+progress display. @env{$NO_COLOR=1} disables progress/debug messages
+colouring.
 
-@item redo-targets, redo-sources, redo-ood
-    List known targets, sources and out-of-date targets. You can limit
-    results by specifying explicit targets you are interested in.
-    @command{redo-sources} shows all recursive source files given
-    targets depend on.
+By default all build commands use @code{fsync} to assure data is reached
+the disk. You can disable its usage with @env{$REDO_NO_SYNC=1}
+environment variable, for speeding up the build process.
 
+There are other commands that could be found in other implementations too:
+
+@table @command
+@item redo-always
+    Record current target as an always-do dependency. By definition it
+    should be always build. @command{goredo} tries to build it once per
+    @strong{run}.
 @item redo-stamp
-    Record stamp dependency. Nothing more, dummy. Read about
-    @ref{Stamping, stamping} in the FAQ.
+    Record "stamp" dependency. It reads @code{stdin} and stores its hash
+    in the dependency database. It is not used anyhow, it is dummy. Read
+    about @ref{Stamping, stamping} in the FAQ. It is left only for
+    compatibility with some other implementations.
+@item redo-targets, redo-ood
+    Show all known targets, possibly limited by specified directories.
+    @command{redo-ood} shows only the out-of-date ones.
+@item redo-sources
+    Recursively show all source files the given targets depend on.
+@item redo-affects
+    It is not in other distributions, but it is some kind of opposite of
+    @command{redo-sources} -- shows the targets that will be affected by
+    specified files change.
+@end table
 
-@item redo-cleanup
-    Removes either temporary, log files, or everything related to
-    @command{goredo}.
+And there are some maintenance and debug commands:
 
+@table @command
+@item redo-cleanup
+    Removes either temporary (@option{tmp}), log files (@option{log}),
+    or everything related to @command{goredo} (@option{full}).
 @item redo-whichdo
     Display @file{.do} search paths for specified target (similar to
     @command{apenwarr/redo}):
@@ -46,7 +94,6 @@ default.do
 ../default.o.do
 ../default.do
 @end example
-
 @item redo-dot
     Dependency
     @url{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOT_(graph_description_language), DOT}