diff --git a/doc/man/timew.1.in b/doc/man/timew.1.in
index 6d5dd4fe..461a32bd 100644
--- a/doc/man/timew.1.in
+++ b/doc/man/timew.1.in
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ your time spent on projects, and generate summary reports.
 
 Timewarrior supports many commands.
 
+.TP
+.B timew
+When run with no arguments, the default command is run, which indicates whether
+there is any active tracking, and if so, shows a summary.
+
 .TP
 .B timew diagnostics
 This command shows details about your version of Timewarrior, platform, how it