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man/zoxide-add.1

@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@ zoxide-add - add a new directory or increment its rank
 .B zoxide add \fIPATH\fR
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 If the directory is not already in the database, this command creates a new
-entry for it with a default score of 1, otherwise, it increments the existing
-score by 1. It then sets the last updated field of the entry to the current
-time.
-.sp
-After this, it runs the \fBAGING\fR algorithm on the database. See
+entry for it with a default score of \fI1\fR, otherwise, it increments the
+existing score by \fI1\fR. It then sets the last updated field of the entry to the
+current time. After this, it runs the \fBAGING\fR algorithm on the database. See
 \fBzoxide\fR(1) for more about the algorithm.
+.sp
+If you'd like to prevent a directory from being added to the database, see the
+\fB_ZO_EXCLUDE_DIRS\fR environment variable in \fBzoxide\fR(1).
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
 .B -h, --help

man/zoxide-remove.1

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 zoxide-remove - remove a directory from the database
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B zoxide remove \fIPATH [OPTIONS]\fR
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+If you'd like to permanently exclude a directory from the database, see the
+\fB_ZO_EXCLUDE_DIRS\fR environment variable in \fBzoxide\fR(1).
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
 .B -h, --help

man/zoxide.1

@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ When set to \fI1\fR, z will print the matched directory before navigating
 to it.
 .TP
 .B _ZO_EXCLUDE_DIRS
-Excludes the specified directories from the database. This is provided as a
-list of globs, separated by OS-specific characters:
+Prevents the specified directories from being added to the database. This is
+provided as a list of globs, separated by OS-specific characters:
 .TS
 tab(|);
 l l.
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ l l.
 T}
     Windows|\fI;\fR eg. $HOME;$HOME/private/*
 .TE
+.sp
+After setting this up, you might need to use \fBzoxide-remove\fR(1) to remove
+any existing entries from the database.
 .TP
 .B _ZO_FZF_OPTS
 Custom options to pass to fzf. See \fBman fzf\fR for the list of options.