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 ** Improvements
 
+  The new 'date' option --rfc-email is now the long form for -R.
+  The new option spelling is intended to avoid the need to track the
+  Internet RFC number for email dates (currently RFC 5322).  The old
+  option spellings --rfc-2822 and --rfc-822 still work.
+
   stty now validates arguments before interacting with the device,
   ensuring there are no side effects to specifying an invalid option.