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diff --git a/xboard.texi b/xboard.texi
index 55a73e1..e26ff5c 100644
--- a/xboard.texi
+++ b/xboard.texi
@@ -1297,7 +1297,7 @@ with smooth operation of WinBoard (or the rest of your system).
 Negative values could increase the engine priority, which is not recommended.
 @item -firstOptions string
 @itemx -secondOptions string
-@cindex firstOptions option
+@cindex firstOptions, option
 @cindex secondOptions, option
 The given string is a comma-separated list of (option name, option value) pairs, 
 like the following example: “style=Karpov,blunder rate=0”. 
@@ -1306,6 +1306,20 @@ matches one of the option names (i.e. 
 it would be set to the given value (i.e. “Karpov” or 0) 
 through a corresponding option command to the engine. 
 This provided that the type of the value (text or numeric) matches as well.
+@item -firstNeedsNoncompliantFEN string
+@itemx -secondNeedsNoncompliantFEN string
+@cindex firstNeedsNoncompliantFEN, option
+@cindex secondNeedsNoncompliantFEN, option
+The castling rights and e.p. fields of the FEN sent to the mentioned engine 
+with the setboard command will be replaced by the given string. This can for 
+instance be used to run engines that do not understand Chess960 FENs in 
+variant fischerandom, to make them at least understand the opening position, 
+through setting the string to “KQkq -”. (Note you also have to give the e.p. field!) 
+Other possible applications are to provide work-arounds for engines that want to see 
+castling and e.p. fields in variants that do not have castling or e.p. 
+(shatranj, courier, xiangqi, shogi) so that WinBoard would normally omit them 
+(string = “- -“), or to add variant-specific fields that are not yet supported by WinBoard 
+(e.g. to indicate the number of checks in 3check).
 @end table
 
 @node UCI + WB Engine Settings