doc: check for installed patches

diff --git a/doc/manual.xml.head b/doc/manual.xml.head
index 56430f013f740755af9be2aa4b3e48f7ca085664..4b3414a7b9994189101a2d19d2f993dc89870775 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/manual.xml.head
+++ b/doc/manual.xml.head
@@ -7485,6 +7485,16 @@ would contain:
 
 </sect2>
 
+<sect2 id="mutt-patches">
+<title>Mutt Patches</title>
+<para>
+Mutt may also be <quote>patched</quote> to support smaller features.
+These patches should add a free-form string to the end Mutt's version string.
+Running <literal>mutt -v</literal> might show:
+<screen>patch-1.6.1.sidebar.20160502</screen>
+</para>
+</sect2>
+
 <sect2 id="url-syntax">
 <title>URL Syntax</title>