- document the "remote announce" option

- cleanup nmbd.8 quite a bit
(This used to be commit 525235135bdd6461b50ac2723f95f5a38686ecc2)

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diff --git a/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5 b/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5
index 7f67ae4e12..1437777c65 100644
--- a/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5
+++ b/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5
@@ -401,6 +401,8 @@ read raw
 
 read size
 
+remote announce
+
 root
 
 root dir
@@ -532,6 +534,8 @@ preserve case
 
 print command
 
+printer driver
+
 print ok
 
 printable
@@ -2125,6 +2129,31 @@ pointless and will cause you to allocate memory unnecessarily.
 .B Example:
 	read size = 8192
 
+.SS remote announce (G)
+
+This option allows you to setup nmbd to periodically announce itself
+to arbitrary IP addresses with an arbitrary workgroup name. 
+
+This is useful if you want your Samba server to appear in a remote
+workgroup for which the normal browse propogation rules don't
+work. The remote workgroup can be anywhere that you can send IP
+packets to.
+
+For example:
+
+       remote announce = 192.168.2.255/SERVERS 192.168.4.255/STAFF
+
+the above line would cause nmbd to announce itself to the two given IP
+addresses using the given workgroup names. If you leave out the
+workgroup name then the one given in the "workgroup" option is used
+instead. 
+
+The IP addresses you choose would normally be the broadcast addresses
+of the remote networks, but can also be the IP addresses of known
+browse masters if your network config is that stable.
+
+This option replaces similar functionality from the nmbd lmhosts file.
+
 .SS revalidate (S)
 
 This options controls whether Samba will allow a previously validated