diff --git a/doc/html/documentation.html b/doc/html/documentation.html
index 7c98a6f7..4003407f 100644
--- a/doc/html/documentation.html
+++ b/doc/html/documentation.html
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@
 		</TR>
 		<TR>
 			<TD NOWRAP ALIGN="RIGHT" VALIGN="TOP" BGCOLOR="#F4F4CC">
-				<TT>-S {#|X|#x}</TT>,<BR><TT>--seekpoint={#|X|#x}</TT>
+				<TT>-S {#|X|#x|#s}</TT>,<BR><TT>--seekpoint={#|X|#x|#s}</TT>
 			</TD>
 			<TD>
 				Include a point or points in a SEEKTABLE:<BR>
@@ -497,10 +497,13 @@
 				<LI>
 					<TT>#x</TT> : # evenly spaced seekpoints, the first being at sample 0
 				</LI>
+				<LI>
+					<TT>#s</TT> : a seekpoint every # seconds; # does not have to be a whole number, it can be, for example, <TT>9.5</TT>, meaning a seekpoint every 9.5 seconds
+				</LI>
 				</UL>
 				You may use many -S options; the resulting SEEKTABLE will be the unique-ified union of all such values.<BR>
 				With no -S options, flac defaults to '-S 100x'.  Use --no-seektable for no SEEKTABLE.<BR>
-				<B>NOTE:</B> -S #x will not work if the encoder can't determine the input size before starting.<BR>
+				<B>NOTE:</B> -S #x and -S #s will not work if the encoder can't determine the input size before starting.<BR>
 				<B>NOTE:</B> if you use -S # and # is &gt;= samples in the input, there will be either no seek point entered (if the input size is determinable before encoding starts) or a placeholder point (if input size is not determinable).<BR>
 			</TD>
 		</TR>
diff --git a/man/flac.sgml b/man/flac.sgml
index b97950d7..35013a8e 100644
--- a/man/flac.sgml
+++ b/man/flac.sgml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <!ENTITY dhfirstname "<firstname>Matt</firstname>">
   <!ENTITY dhsurname   "<surname>Zimmerman</surname>">
   <!-- Please adjust the date whenever revising the manpage. -->
-  <!ENTITY dhdate      "<date>October 30, 2002</date>">
+  <!ENTITY dhdate      "<date>November 6, 2002</date>">
   <!-- SECTION should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection other parameters are
        allowed: see man(7), man(1). -->
   <!ENTITY dhsection   "<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>">
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@
 	      </varlistentry>
 
 	      <varlistentry>
-		<term><option>-S</option> {<replaceable>#</replaceable>|<replaceable>X</replaceable>|<replaceable>#x</replaceable>}, <option>--seekpoint</option>={<replaceable>#</replaceable>|<replaceable>X</replaceable>|<replaceable>#x</replaceable>}</term>
+		<term><option>-S</option> {<replaceable>#</replaceable>|<replaceable>X</replaceable>|<replaceable>#x</replaceable>|<replaceable>#s</replaceable>}, <option>--seekpoint</option>={<replaceable>#</replaceable>|<replaceable>X</replaceable>|<replaceable>#x</replaceable>|<replaceable>#s</replaceable>}</term>
 
 		<listitem>
 		  <para>
@@ -324,12 +324,15 @@
 		    a seek point at that sample number is added.  Using
 		    X, a placeholder point is added at the end of a the
 		    table.  Using #x, # evenly spaced seek points will
-		    be added, the first being at sample 0.  You may use
+		    be added, the first being at sample 0.  Using #s, a
+		    seekpoint will be added every # seconds (# does not
+		    have to be a whole number; it can be, for example, 9.5,
+		    meaning a seekpoint every 9.5 seconds).  You may use
 		    many -S options; the resulting SEEKTABLE will be the
 		    unique-ified union of all such values.  With no -S
 		    options, flac defaults to '-S 100x'.  Use --no-seektable
-		    for no SEEKTABLE.  Note: '-S #x' will not work if the
-		    encoder can't determine the input size before
+		    for no SEEKTABLE.  Note: '-S #x' and '-S #s' will not
+		    work if the encoder can't determine the input size before
 		    starting.  Note: if you use '-S #' and # is >=
 		    samples in the input, there will be either no seek
 		    point entered (if the input size is determinable