Updates to several sections and point to documentation

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-.TH Lynis 8 "30 January 2015" "1.17" "Unix System Administrator's Manual"
+.TH Lynis 8 "30 April 2015" "1.18" "Unix System Administrator's Manual"
 
 
 .SH "NAME"
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ Lynis \fP\- Run an system and security audit on the system
 .fi
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
 
-\fBLynis\fP is an auditing tool for Unix (specialists). It checks the system
-and software configuration and logs all the found information into a log file
-for debugging purposes, and in a report file suitable to create fancy looking
-auditing reports.
-\fBLynis\fP can be run as a cronjob, or from the command line. It needs to have
-full access to the system, so running it as root (or with sudo rights) is
-required.
+\fBLynis\fP is a security auditing tool for Linux and Unix systems. It checks
+the system and software configurations, to determine any improvements.
+All details are logged in a log file. Findings and other data is stored in a
+report file, which can be used to create auditing reports.
+\fBLynis\fP can be run as a cronjob, or from the command line. Lynis prefers
+root permissions (or sudo), so it can access all parts of the system, however it
+not required (see pentest mode).
 .PP
 The following system areas may be checked:
 .IP
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ The following system areas may be checked:
 .IP
 \- Configuration files
 .IP
-\- Common files by software packages
+\- Files part of software packages
 .IP
 \- Directories and files related to logging and auditing
 .SH "OPTIONS"
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ The following system areas may be checked:
 .B \-\-auditor <full name>
 Define the name of the auditor/pen-tester. When a full name is used, add double
 quotes, like "Your Name".
-
 .TP
 .B \-\-checkall (or \-c)
 \fBLynis\fP performs a full check of the system, printing out the results of
@@ -48,9 +47,6 @@ each test to stdout. Additional information will be saved into a log file
 .IP
 In case the outcome of a scan needs to be automated, use the report file.
 .TP
-.B \-\-check\-update (or \-\-info)
-Show program, database and update information.
-.TP
 .B \-\-cronjob
 Perform automatic scan with cron safe options (no colors, no questions, no
 breaks).
@@ -115,14 +111,33 @@ with others. When running Lynis without any parameters, help will be shown and
 the program will exit.
 .RE
 .PP
+
+.SH "HELPERS"
+Lynis has special helpers to do certain tasks. This way the framework of Lynis is
+used, while at the same time storing most of the functionality in a separated
+file. This speeds up execution and keeps the code clean.
+.TP
+.B audit
+Run audit on the system or on other targets
+.TP
+.B update
+Run updater utility
+.TP
+To use a helper, run Lynis followed by the helper name
+.RE
+.PP
 .SH "BUGS"
-Discovered a bug? Please report them via e-mail (lynis-dev@cisofy.com) or via GitHub: https://github.com/CISOfy/Lynis
+Discovered a bug? Please report them via GitHub: https://github.com/CISOfy/lynis
+.RE
+.PP
+.SH "Documentation"
+Supporting documentation can be found via https://cisofy.com/documentation/lynis/
 .RE
 .PP
 .SH "LICENSING"
-Lynis is licensed with the GPL v3 license and under development by CISOfy and Michael Boelen. Plugins have their own license.
+Lynis is licensed as GPL v3, written by Michael Boelen and supported by CISOfy. Plugins may have their own license.
 .RE
 .PP
 .SH "CONTACT INFORMATION"
 
-Support and project related questions are addressed via https://cisofy.com/support/.
+Support requests and project related questions can be addressed via e-mail: lynis-dev@cisofy.com.