diff --git a/seq/aplaymidi/arecordmidi.1 b/seq/aplaymidi/arecordmidi.1
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--- a/seq/aplaymidi/arecordmidi.1
+++ b/seq/aplaymidi/arecordmidi.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH ARECORDMIDI 1 "6 Apr 2004"
+.TH ARECORDMIDI 1 "17 Sep 2007"
 
 .SH NAME
 arecordmidi \- record Standard MIDI Files
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ The default value is 384 ticks/beat or 40 ticks/frame, respectively.
 .I \-s,\-\-split\-channels
 Specifies that the data for each MIDI channel should be written to a
 separate track in the MIDI file.
+This will result in a "format 1" file.
+Otherwise, when there is only one track,
+.B arecordmidi
+will generate a "format 0" file.
 
 .TP
 .I \-m,\-\-metronome=client:port