From 9c4f651e6be522edca83718f88cdc05a4623d03d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dan Kegel <dank@oblong.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2017 07:59:01 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Document shell directive added by 944313c6

---
 shellcheck.1.md | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/shellcheck.1.md b/shellcheck.1.md
index 00ef455..c957896 100644
--- a/shellcheck.1.md
+++ b/shellcheck.1.md
@@ -157,6 +157,11 @@ Valid keys are:
     used to tell shellcheck where to look for a file whose name is determined
     at runtime, or to skip a source by telling it to use `/dev/null`.
 
+**shell**
+:   Overrides the shell detected from the shebang.  This is useful for
+    files meant to be included (and thus lacking a shebang), or possibly
+    as a more targeted alternative to 'disable=2039'.
+
 # ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
 The environment variable `SHELLCHECK_OPTS` can be set with default flags: