Update docs w.r.t. encodings.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/doc/docs/cmdline.rst b/doc/docs/cmdline.rst
index bf0177a3..165af969 100644
--- a/doc/docs/cmdline.rst
+++ b/doc/docs/cmdline.rst
@@ -136,9 +136,13 @@ Pygments tries to be smart regarding encodings in the formatting process:
 * If you give an ``outencoding`` option, it will override ``encoding``
   as the output encoding.
 
+* If you give an ``inencoding`` option, it will override ``encoding``
+  as the input encoding.
+
 * If you don't give an encoding and have given an output file, the default
-  encoding for lexer and formatter is ``latin1`` (which will pass through
-  all non-ASCII characters).
+  encoding for lexer and formatter is the terminal encoding or the default
+  locale encoding of the system.  As a last resort, ``latin1`` is used (which
+  will pass through all non-ASCII characters).
 
 * If you don't give an encoding and haven't given an output file (that means
   output is written to the console), the default encoding for lexer and