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diff --git a/doc/ranger.1 b/doc/ranger.1
index 59bf529c..41463478 100644
--- a/doc/ranger.1
+++ b/doc/ranger.1
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
 .\" ========================================================================
 .\"
 .IX Title "RANGER 1"
-.TH RANGER 1 "ranger-1.6.1" "02/06/2015" "ranger manual"
+.TH RANGER 1 "ranger-1.6.1" "02/18/2015" "ranger manual"
 .\" For nroff, turn off justification.  Always turn off hyphenation; it makes
 .\" way too many mistakes in technical documents.
 .if n .ad l
@@ -188,11 +188,18 @@ Change the configuration directory of ranger from ~/.config/ranger to \*(L"dir\*
 .IX Item "--copy-config=file"
 Create copies of the default configuration files in your local configuration
 directory.  Existing ones will not be overwritten.  Possible values: \fIall\fR,
-\&\fIcommands\fR, \fIrc\fR, \fIrifle\fR, \fIscope\fR.
+\&\fIcommands\fR, \fIcommands_full\fR, \fIrc\fR, \fIrifle\fR, \fIscope\fR.
 .Sp
 Note: You may want to disable loading of the global configuration files by
 exporting \fIRANGER_LOAD_DEFAULT_RC=FALSE\fR in your environment.  See also:
 \&\fB\s-1FILES\s0\fR, \fB\s-1ENVIRONMENT\s0\fR
+.Sp
+\&\-\-copy\-config=\fBcommands\fR will copy only a small sample configuration file with
+a thoroughly commented example.  It is recommended to keep this file tidy to
+avoid getting defunct commands on ranger upgrades.  The full default
+commands.py can be copied with \-\-copy\-config=\fBcommands_full\fR, but that file
+will be ignored by ranger and serves only as a reference for making your own
+commands.
 .IP "\fB\-\-choosefile\fR=\fItargetfile\fR" 14
 .IX Item "--choosefile=targetfile"
 Allows you to pick a file with ranger.  This changes the behavior so that when
@@ -1193,6 +1200,10 @@ and settings are defined here.
 .IX Item "commands.py"
 A python module that defines commands which can be used in ranger's console by
 typing \*(L":\*(R" or in the rc.conf file.
+.IP "commands_full.py" 10
+.IX Item "commands_full.py"
+This file is copied by \-\-copy\-config=commands_full and serves as a reference
+for custom commands.  It is entirely ignored by ranger.
 .IP "rifle.conf" 10
 .IX Item "rifle.conf"
 This is the configuration file for the built-in file launcher called \*(L"rifle\*(R".
diff --git a/doc/ranger.pod b/doc/ranger.pod
index 177cd0f5..6888ee70 100644
--- a/doc/ranger.pod
+++ b/doc/ranger.pod
@@ -70,12 +70,19 @@ Change the configuration directory of ranger from ~/.config/ranger to "dir".
 
 Create copies of the default configuration files in your local configuration
 directory.  Existing ones will not be overwritten.  Possible values: I<all>,
-I<commands>, I<rc>, I<rifle>, I<scope>.
+I<commands>, I<commands_full>, I<rc>, I<rifle>, I<scope>.
 
 Note: You may want to disable loading of the global configuration files by
 exporting I<RANGER_LOAD_DEFAULT_RC=FALSE> in your environment.  See also:
 B<FILES>, B<ENVIRONMENT>
 
+--copy-config=B<commands> will copy only a small sample configuration file with
+a thoroughly commented example.  It is recommended to keep this file tidy to
+avoid getting defunct commands on ranger upgrades.  The full default
+commands.py can be copied with --copy-config=B<commands_full>, but that file
+will be ignored by ranger and serves only as a reference for making your own
+commands.
+
 =item B<--choosefile>=I<targetfile>
 
 Allows you to pick a file with ranger.  This changes the behavior so that when
@@ -1266,6 +1273,11 @@ and settings are defined here.
 A python module that defines commands which can be used in ranger's console by
 typing ":" or in the rc.conf file.
 
+=item commands_full.py
+
+This file is copied by --copy-config=commands_full and serves as a reference
+for custom commands.  It is entirely ignored by ranger.
+
 =item rifle.conf
 
 This is the configuration file for the built-in file launcher called "rifle".