Describe my tag type proposal

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@@ -331,9 +331,13 @@ also be configured using a setup file.
 * --set var=value
   
   This allows setting an arbitrary configuration variable, the same as if it
 * --set var=value
   
   This allows setting an arbitrary configuration variable, the same as if it

-  were set via a setup file. Since most options can be configured
-  using command-line switches, you will rarely need to use this, but it can be
-  useful for the odd option that lacks a command-line switch.
+  were set via a setup file. Since most options commonly used options can be
+  configured using command-line switches, you will rarely need to use this.
+
+* --set-yaml var=value
+
+  This is like --set, but it allows setting configuration variables that
+  use complex data structures, by passing in a YAML document.

 
 # EXAMPLES
 
 
 # EXAMPLES