diff --git a/dat/opthelp b/dat/opthelp
index c0021f4fa..c98dc63dc 100644
--- a/dat/opthelp
+++ b/dat/opthelp
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ gender     Your starting gender (gender:male or gender:female).
            still denote your gender using the "male" and "female"
            options, the "gender" option will take precedence.  [RANDOM]
 horsename  the name of your first horse  [NONE]
+lootabc    Use the old `a', `b', and `c' keyboard shortcuts when looting, 
+           rather than the mnemonics `o', `i', and `b'.
 menu_*     create single character accelerators for menu commands.  Below
            is a list of all commands.  Each is followed by a list of window-
            ports that implement them:  'x' is X11, 't' is tty, 'g' is Gem,
@@ -192,6 +194,9 @@ role       Your starting role (e.g., role:Barbarian, role:Valk).
            as possible.  You can also still denote your role by
            appending it to the "name" option (e.g., name:Vic-V), but the
            "role" option will take precedence.  [RANDOM]
+showrace   Display yourself as the glyph for your race, rather than the glyph
+           for your role.  Note that this setting affects only the appearance 
+           of the display, not the way the game treats you.
 traps      like dungeon, but for trap symbols
            arrow_trap dart_trap falling_rock_trap squeaky_board
            bear_trap land_mine rolling_boulder_trap sleeping_gas_trap
@@ -199,6 +204,9 @@ traps      like dungeon, but for trap symbols
            teleportation_trap level_teleporter magic_portal web statue_trap
            magic_trap anti_magic_trap polymorph_trap
            default:  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^"^^^^
+travel     enable/disable the command to travel to a map location via a 
+           shortest-path algorithm, usually invoked by '_'.  
+
 windowtype windowing system to be used  [depends on operating system]
 
 Compound option if TTY_GRAPHICS was set at compile time: