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@@ -152,6 +152,22 @@ The default is
.RE
+.RS 4
+.TP 4
+.B \-\-body=(true|false)
+
+If true (the default)
+.B notmuch show
+includes the bodies of the messages in the output; if false,
+bodies are omitted.
+.B --body=false
+is only implemented for the json format and it is incompatible with
+.B --part > 0.
+
+This is useful if the caller only needs the headers as body-less
+output is much faster and substantially smaller.
+.RE
+
A common use of
.B notmuch show
is to display a single thread of email messages. For this, use a