diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d41db5e..61638fd 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -16,6 +16,17 @@ New in 2.2.8 2010-??-??: git version 2.2.7a, Libtool team:
     runs on Windows with popup windows in the middle, and `check-interactive'
     for the complement set of tests.
   - New link mode flag -bindir to specify the location for installed PE DLLs.
+  - Wrapper scripts and wrapper executables for programs linked against
+    uninstalled shared libraries now support command-line options --lt-debug
+    and --lt-dump-script.
+
+* Important incompatible changes:
+
+  - The wrapper command line option support described above introduces the
+    following incompatibility: the wrapper will remove any command line
+    options that begin with '--lt-*' from the argument list before launching
+    (uninstalled) programs. Any '--lt-*' option on the command line not
+    recognized by the wrapper will result in an error.
 
 * Changes in supported systems or compilers:
 
diff --git a/doc/libtool.texi b/doc/libtool.texi
index 482e635..aa29db8 100644
--- a/doc/libtool.texi
+++ b/doc/libtool.texi
@@ -790,8 +790,9 @@ Note that libtool added the necessary run-time path flag, as well as
 @cindex wrapper scripts for programs
 @cindex program wrapper scripts
 Notice that the executable, @code{hell}, was actually created in the
address@hidden@value{objdir}} subdirectory.  Then, a wrapper script was created
-in the current directory.
address@hidden@value{objdir}} subdirectory.  Then, a wrapper script (or, on
+certain platforms, a wrapper executable @pxref{Wrapper executables}) was
+created in the current directory.
 
 Since libtool created a wrapper script, you should use libtool to
 install it and debug it too.  However, since the program does not depend
@@ -845,6 +846,60 @@ price of being dynamic is eight kilobytes, and the payoff is about four
 kilobytes.  So, having a shared @file{libhello} won't be an advantage
 until we link it against at least a few more programs.
 
address@hidden
+* Wrapper executables::         Wrapper executables for some platforms.
address@hidden menu
+
address@hidden Wrapper executables
address@hidden Wrapper executables for programs
address@hidden wrapper executables for programs
address@hidden program wrapper executables
+
+Some platforms, notably those hosted on Windows such as Cygwin
+and MinGW, use a wrapper executable rather than a wrapper script
+to ensure proper operation of programs linked by libtool against
+uninstalled shared libraries. The wrapper executable thus performs
+the same function as the wrapper script used on other platforms, but
+allows to satisfy the @command{make} rules for the program, whose
+name ends in @code{$(EXEEXT)}. The actual program executable is
+created below @value{objdir}, and its name will end in @code{$(EXEEXT)}
+and may or may not contain an @code{lt-} prefix.  This wrapper
+executable sets various environment values so that the program
+executable may locate its (uninstalled) shared libraries, and then
+launches the program executable.
+
+The wrapper executable provides a debug mode, enabled by passing the
+command-line option @code{--lt-debug} (see below). When executing in
+debug mode, diagnostic information will be printed to @code{stderr}
+before the program executable is launched.
+
+Finally, the wrapper executable supports a number of command line
+options that may be useful when debugging the operation of the wrapper
+system. All of these options begin with @code{--lt-}, and if present
+they and their arguments will be removed from the argument list passed
+on to the program executable.  Therefore, the program executable may not
+employ command line options that begin with @code{--lt-}. (In fact, the
+wrapper executable will detect any command line options that begin with
address@hidden and abort with an error message if the option is not
+recognized). If this presents a problem, please contact the Libtool
+team at @email{bug-libtool@@gnu.org}.
+
+These command line options include:
+
address@hidden @option
address@hidden --lt-dump-script
+Causes the wrapper to print a copy of the wrapper @emph{script}
+to @code{stdout}, and exit.
+
address@hidden --lt-debug
+Causes the wrapper to print diagnostic information to @code{stdout},
+before launching the program executable.
+
address@hidden table
+
+For consistency, both the wrapper @emph{script} and the wrapper
address@hidden support these options.
+
 @node Debugging executables
 @section Debugging executables