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@@ -629,6 +629,10 @@ all outdated files. A file may be outdated because it has been modified
the file depends on a unit which is outdated. This rule is of course
recursive.
+With the @code{-b} (bind only) option, GHDL will stop before the final linking
+step. This is useful when the main entry point is not GHDL and you're linking
+GHDL object files into a foreign program.
+
With the :option:`-f` (force) option, GHDL analyzes all the units of the
work library needed to create the design hierarchy. Not outdated units
are recompiled. This is useful if you want to compile a design hierarchy