diff --git a/unix/vncserver.man b/unix/vncserver.man
index f3e86a3..1c283a7 100644
--- a/unix/vncserver.man
+++ b/unix/vncserver.man
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 .IR depth ]
 .RB [ \-pixelformat
 .IR format ]
+.RB [ \-fp
+.IR font-path ]
 .RI [ Xvnc-options... ]
 .br
 .BI "vncserver \-kill :" display#
@@ -87,6 +89,27 @@
 argument.  Thus, you can invoke "vncserver \-kill $DISPLAY", for example at the
 end of your xstartup file after a particular application exits.
 
+.TP
+.B \-fp \fIfont-path\fP
+The vncserver script will normally examine your system to figure out where it
+stores its X11 fonts and then generate an appropriate font path argument for
+Xvnc based on this.  If your system stores its X11 fonts in a location that
+vncserver does not know about, however, then this may fail.  In that case,
+vncserver will then try to contact the local X Font Server (xfs) on port 7100.
+Not all systems have xfs installed and running, so this may fail as well.  In
+that case, you can manually specify a font path by using the
+.B \-fp
+argument to vncserver.
+
+If you prefer to use the X Font Server by default rather than a static font
+path, then you can run
+
+.RS
+.RS
+vncserver -fp unix/:7100
+.RE
+.RE
+
 .SH FILES
 Several VNC-related files are found in the directory $HOME/.vnc:
 .TP