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+Related to using --cgi on command-line. The man page should just be more
+clear. ikiwiki-1.35 has: "Enable CGI mode. ..." To me this implies that
+is configuring something that will enable CGI mode. If I understand it
+correctly, it should say "Run ikiwiki as a CGI. Normally this is used from
+the ikiwiki.cgi CGI wrapper. ..."
+
+> The man page says:
+
+ Enable [[CGI]] mode. In cgi mode ikiwiki __runs as a cgi script__, and
+ supports editing pages, signing in, registration, and displaying
+ [[RecentChanges]].
+
+ __To use ikiwiki as a [[CGI]] program you need to use --wrapper or --setup
+ to generate a wrapper.__ The wrapper will generally need to run suid 6755
+ to the user who owns the `source` and `destination` directories.
+
+> (emphasis mine). Anyway, if you have ideas to improve the man page, it's
+> over in [[usage]] --[[Joey]]