diff --git a/src/mbsync.1 b/src/mbsync.1
index c5780a2..00a8048 100644
--- a/src/mbsync.1
+++ b/src/mbsync.1
@@ -397,7 +397,9 @@ File containing the private key corresponding to \fBClientCertificate\fR.
 \fBPipelineDepth\fR \fIdepth\fR
 Maximum number of IMAP commands which can be simultaneously in flight.
 Setting this to \fI1\fR disables pipelining.
-This is mostly a debugging only option.
+This is mostly a debugging option, but may also be used to limit average
+bandwidth consumption (GMail may require this if you have a very fast
+connection), or to spare flaky servers like M$ Exchange.
 (Default: \fIunlimited\fR)
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 .TP