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diff --git a/doc/ld65.sgml b/doc/ld65.sgml
index 9cbb5aad8..0230b517f 100644
--- a/doc/ld65.sgml
+++ b/doc/ld65.sgml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Short options:
   -m name               Create a map file
   -o name               Name the default output file
   -t sys                Set the target system
-  -u sym                Force an import of symbol `sym'
+  -u sym                Force an import of symbol 'sym'
   -v                    Verbose mode
   -vm                   Verbose map file
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ Long options:
   --dbgfile name        Generate debug information
   --define sym=val      Define a symbol
   --end-group           End a library group
-  --force-import sym    Force an import of symbol `sym'
+  --force-import sym    Force an import of symbol 'sym'
   --help                Help (this text)
   --lib file            Link this library
   --lib-path path       Specify a library search path
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ There are of course more attributes for a memory section than just start and
 size. Start and size are mandatory attributes, that means, each memory area
 defined <em/must/ have these attributes given (the linker will check that). I
 will cover other attributes later. As you may have noticed, I've used a
-comment in the example above. Comments start with a hash mark (`#'), the
+comment in the example above. Comments start with a hash mark ('#'), the
 remainder of the line is ignored if this character is found.
 
 
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ default behaviour is OK for our purposes, I did not use the attribute in the
 example above. Let's have a look at it now.
 
 The "file" attribute (the keyword may also be written as "FILE" if you like
-that better) takes a string enclosed in double quotes (`&dquot;') that specifies the
+that better) takes a string enclosed in double quotes ('&dquot;') that specifies the
 file, where the data is written. You may specify the same file several times,
 in that case the data for all memory areas having this file name is written
 into this file, in the order of the memory areas defined in the <tt/MEMORY/
@@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ look like this:
         }
 </verb></tscreen>
 
-The only other available output format is the o65 format specified by Andre
+There are two other available formats, one is the o65 format specified by Andre
 Fachat (see the <url url="http://www.6502.org/users/andre/o65/fileformat.html"
 name="6502 binary relocation format specification">). It is defined like this:
 
@@ -904,7 +904,20 @@ name="6502 binary relocation format specification">). It is defined like this:
         }
 </verb></tscreen>
 
-The necessary o65 attributes are defined in a special section labeled
+The other format available is the Atari (xex) segmented file format, this is
+the standard format used by Atari DOS 2.0 and upward file managers in the Atari
+8-bit computers, and it is defined like this:
+
+<tscreen><verb>
+        FILES {
+            %O: format = atari;
+        }
+</verb></tscreen>
+
+In the Atari segmented file format, the linker will write each <tt/MEMORY/ area
+as a new segment, including a header with the start and end address.
+
+The necessary o65 or Atari attributes are defined in a special section labeled
 <ref id="FORMAT" name="FORMAT">.
 
 
@@ -925,6 +938,15 @@ has several attributes that may be defined here.
     }
 </verb></tscreen>
 
+The Atari file format has only one attribute, <tt/RUNAD/ that allows to specify
+a symbol as the run address of the binary. If the attribute is omiteed, no run
+address is specified.
+
+<tscreen><verb>
+    FORMATS {
+        atari: runad = _start;
+    }
+</verb></tscreen>
 
 
 <sect1>The FEATURES section<label id="FEATURES"><p>