diff --git a/archivemail.1 b/archivemail.1
index 1c037d5..04cf8a3 100644
--- a/archivemail.1
+++ b/archivemail.1
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 .\" <http://shell.ipoline.com/~elmert/comp/docbook2X/> 
 .\" Please send any bug reports, improvements, comments, patches, 
 .\" etc. to Steve Cheng <steve@ggi-project.org>.
-.TH "ARCHIVEMAIL" "1" "02 November 2007" "SP" ""
+.TH "ARCHIVEMAIL" "1" "03 November 2007" "SP" ""
 
 .SH NAME
 archivemail \- archive and compress your old email
@@ -264,6 +264,9 @@ will use the last-modified file timestamp on \fBMH\fR and
 \fBMaildir\fR format mailboxes, or the date on the 
 \fBFrom\fR line on \fBmbox\fR-format mailboxes.
 .PP
+The conversion from other formats to \fBmbox\fR(5) will silently overwrite existing
+\fBStatus\fR and \fBX-Status\fR message headers. 
+.PP
 \fBarchivemail\fR will refuse to operate on mailboxes that are symbolic 
 links or create tempfiles or archives in world-writable directories.
 .SS "IMAP"
diff --git a/archivemail.sgml b/archivemail.sgml
index c2124ca..14c95cf 100644
--- a/archivemail.sgml
+++ b/archivemail.sgml
@@ -413,6 +413,11 @@ will use the last-modified file timestamp on <application/MH/ and
 <application/From/ line on <application/mbox/-format mailboxes.
 </Para>
 
+<Para>
+    The conversion from other formats to &mbox; will silently overwrite existing
+    <application/Status/ and <application/X-Status/ message headers. 
+</Para>
+
 <Para>
 <Command/archivemail/ will refuse to operate on mailboxes that are symbolic 
 links or create tempfiles or archives in world-writable directories.