diff --git a/man/remind.1.in b/man/remind.1.in
index 75e5410f..ad98f9da 100644
--- a/man/remind.1.in
+++ b/man/remind.1.in
@@ -14,11 +14,12 @@ If \fIfilename\fR is specified as a single dash '-', then \fBRemind\fR
 takes its input from standard input.
 
 .PP
-If \fIfilename\fR happens to
-be a directory rather than a plain file, then \fBRemind\fR reads all of
-the files in that directory that match the pattern "*.rem".  The files
-are read in sorted order; the sort order may depend on your locale, but
-should match the sort order used by the shell to expand "*.rem".
+If \fIfilename\fR happens to be a directory rather than a plain file,
+then \fBRemind\fR reads all of the files (but not any subdirectories!)
+in that directory that match the pattern "*.rem".  The files are read
+in sorted order; the sort order may depend on your locale, but should
+match the sort order used by the shell to expand "*.rem".
+
 .PP
 \fBRemind\fR reads its files starting from the beginning to the end, or
 until it encounters a line whose sole content is "__EOF__" (without the quotes.)
@@ -1925,10 +1926,11 @@ administrator.)
 If you specify a filename of "-" in the \fBINCLUDE\fR command, \fBRemind\fR
 will begin reading from standard input.
 .PP
-If you specify a \fIdirectory\fR as the argument to \fBINCLUDE\fR, then
-\fBRemind\fR will process all files in that directory that match the shell
-pattern "*.rem".  The files are processed in sorted order; the sort order
-matches that used by the shell when it expands "*.rem".
+If you specify a \fIdirectory\fR as the argument to \fBINCLUDE\fR,
+then \fBRemind\fR will process all files (but not subdirectories!) in
+that directory that match the shell pattern "*.rem".  The files are
+processed in sorted order; the sort order matches that used by the
+shell when it expands "*.rem".
 .PP
 Note that the file specified by an \fBINCLUDE\fR command is interpreted
 relative to the \fIcurrent working directory of the Remind process\fR.