diff --git a/nyancat.1 b/nyancat.1
index d4d0b1c..e74c3f0 100644
--- a/nyancat.1
+++ b/nyancat.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH NYANCAT 1 "May, 2012"
+.TH NYANCAT 1 "February, 2013"
 .SH NAME
 nyancat \- terminal-based Pop Tart Cat animation
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ of a VT220, simply dumps text to the screen.
 .B \-i, \-\-intro
 Show introduction / about information on startup.
 .TP
+.B \-I, \-\-skip\-intro
+Skip the introduction in telnet mode.
+.TP
 .B \-t, \-\-telnet
 Enable telnet mode.
 .TP
diff --git a/src/nyancat.c b/src/nyancat.c
index 98b0192..787991f 100644
--- a/src/nyancat.c
+++ b/src/nyancat.c
@@ -326,6 +326,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
 		{"help",       no_argument,       0, 'h'},
 		{"telnet",     no_argument,       0, 't'},
 		{"intro",      no_argument,       0, 'i'},
+		{"skip-intro", no_argument,       0, 'I'},
 		{"no-counter", no_argument,       0, 'n'},
 		{"no-title",   no_argument,       0, 's'},
 		{"no-clear",   no_argument,       0, 'e'},