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Signed-off-by: Nico Schottelius <nico@bento.schottelius.org>
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@ -80,7 +80,10 @@ Configure one or more hosts

 SHELL
 -----
-This command allows you to
+This command allows you to spawn a shell that enables access
+to the types as commands. It can be thought as an
+"interactive manifest" environment. See below for example
+usage. Its primary use is for debugging type parameters.

 -s/--shell::
    Select shell to use, defaults to current shell