diff --git a/pandoc-cli/man/pandoc.1 b/pandoc-cli/man/pandoc.1
index 3fa285023b16..c19a9672cfcc 100644
--- a/pandoc-cli/man/pandoc.1
+++ b/pandoc-cli/man/pandoc.1
@@ -7135,7 +7135,7 @@ Slide 2 has a special image for its background, even though the heading has no c
 .SS EPUB Metadata
 EPUB metadata may be specified using the \f[CR]\-\-epub\-metadata\f[R]
 option, but if the source document is Markdown, it is better to use a
-YAML metadata block.
+YAML metadata block in conjuction with the \f[CR]\-\-metadata\-file\f[R] option.
 Here is an example:
 .IP
 .EX