From 173ae5b824fa93cd707810e03bb180fe7a3c1e12 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Siddharth Dushantha <27065646+sdushantha@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2026 17:35:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update usage

---
 docs/README.md | 38 ++++++++++++++------------------------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md
index dda36076..56167fd1 100644
--- a/docs/README.md
+++ b/docs/README.md
@@ -51,51 +51,41 @@ Accounts found will be stored in an individual text file with the corresponding
 
 ```console
 $ sherlock --help
-usage: sherlock [-h] [--version] [--verbose] [--folderoutput FOLDEROUTPUT]
-                [--output OUTPUT] [--tor] [--unique-tor] [--csv] [--xlsx]
-                [--site SITE_NAME] [--proxy PROXY_URL] [--json JSON_FILE]
-                [--timeout TIMEOUT] [--print-all] [--print-found] [--no-color]
-                [--browse] [--local] [--nsfw]
+usage: sherlock [-h] [--version] [--verbose] [--folderoutput FOLDEROUTPUT] [--output OUTPUT] [--csv] [--xlsx] [--site SITE_NAME] [--proxy PROXY_URL] [--dump-response]
+                [--json JSON_FILE] [--timeout TIMEOUT] [--print-all] [--print-found] [--no-color] [--browse] [--local] [--nsfw] [--txt] [--ignore-exclusions]
                 USERNAMES [USERNAMES ...]
 
-Sherlock: Find Usernames Across Social Networks (Version 0.14.3)
+Sherlock: Find Usernames Across Social Networks (Version 0.16.0)
 
 positional arguments:
-  USERNAMES             One or more usernames to check with social networks.
-                        Check similar usernames using {?} (replace to '_', '-', '.').
+  USERNAMES             One or more usernames to check with social networks. Check similar usernames using {?} (replace to '_', '-', '.').
 
-optional arguments:
+options:
   -h, --help            show this help message and exit
   --version             Display version information and dependencies.
   --verbose, -v, -d, --debug
                         Display extra debugging information and metrics.
   --folderoutput FOLDEROUTPUT, -fo FOLDEROUTPUT
-                        If using multiple usernames, the output of the results will be
-                        saved to this folder.
+                        If using multiple usernames, the output of the results will be saved to this folder.
   --output OUTPUT, -o OUTPUT
-                        If using single username, the output of the result will be saved
-                        to this file.
-  --tor, -t             Make requests over Tor; increases runtime; requires Tor to be
-                        installed and in system path.
-  --unique-tor, -u      Make requests over Tor with new Tor circuit after each request;
-                        increases runtime; requires Tor to be installed and in system
-                        path.
+                        If using single username, the output of the result will be saved to this file.
   --csv                 Create Comma-Separated Values (CSV) File.
-  --xlsx                Create the standard file for the modern Microsoft Excel
-                        spreadsheet (xlsx).
-  --site SITE_NAME      Limit analysis to just the listed sites. Add multiple options to
-                        specify more than one site.
+  --xlsx                Create the standard file for the modern Microsoft Excel spreadsheet (xlsx).
+  --site SITE_NAME      Limit analysis to just the listed sites. Add multiple options to specify more than one site.
   --proxy PROXY_URL, -p PROXY_URL
                         Make requests over a proxy. e.g. socks5://127.0.0.1:1080
+  --dump-response       Dump the HTTP response to stdout for targeted debugging.
   --json JSON_FILE, -j JSON_FILE
-                        Load data from a JSON file or an online, valid, JSON file.
+                        Load data from a JSON file or an online, valid, JSON file. Upstream PR numbers also accepted.
   --timeout TIMEOUT     Time (in seconds) to wait for response to requests (Default: 60)
   --print-all           Output sites where the username was not found.
-  --print-found         Output sites where the username was found.
+  --print-found         Output sites where the username was found (also if exported as file).
   --no-color            Don't color terminal output
   --browse, -b          Browse to all results on default browser.
   --local, -l           Force the use of the local data.json file.
   --nsfw                Include checking of NSFW sites from default list.
+  --txt                 Enable creation of a txt file
+  --ignore-exclusions   Ignore upstream exclusions (may return more false positives)
 ```
 
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