diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index a9d1d414..7d314635 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@
   regular --dry-run, and is suitable for checking which filesystem entries
   will be archived (with -v) or checking the total archive size (with --totals
   or --progress-bytes).
+- tarsnap now accepts --noatime with -c mode, which requests that the
+  operating system does not update atime when reading files or directories.
+  Not supported by all operating systems or filesystems.
 
 
 Tarsnap Releases
diff --git a/misc/describe-options.txt b/misc/describe-options.txt
index 476e0560..faf12c27 100644
--- a/misc/describe-options.txt
+++ b/misc/describe-options.txt
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 --no-maxbw			ignore any maxbw option
 --no-maxbw-rate-down		ignore any maxbw-rate-down option
 --no-maxbw-rate-up		ignore any maxbw-rate-up option
+--no-noatime			ignore any noatime option
 --no-nodump			ignore any nodump option
 --no-print-stats		ignore any print-stats option
 --no-progress-bytes		ignore any progress-bytes option
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@
 --no-snaptime			ignore any snaptime option
 --no-store-atime		ignore any store-atime option
 --no-totals			ignore any totals option
+--noatime			do not modify atime, if possible
 --nodump			do not read files with the nodump file flag
 --noisy-warnings		verbose when warning about network glitches
 --normalmem			ignore any lowmem or verylowmem option
diff --git a/tar/tarsnap.1-mdoc.in b/tar/tarsnap.1-mdoc.in
index 7c2bc1fd..9c7415fa 100644
--- a/tar/tarsnap.1-mdoc.in
+++ b/tar/tarsnap.1-mdoc.in
@@ -601,6 +601,10 @@ not affect the upload bandwidth used, but may affect
 the download bandwidth used (unless
 .Fl -no-maxbw-rate-down
 is also specified).
+.It Fl -no-noatime
+Ignore any
+.Cm noatime
+option specified in a configuration file.
 .It Fl -no-nodump
 Ignore any
 .Cm nodump
@@ -633,6 +637,10 @@ option specified in a configuration file.
 Ignore any
 .Cm totals
 option specified in a configuration file.
+.It Fl -noatime
+(c mode only)
+Ask the operating system to not update the atime when reading files or
+directories.  Not supported by all operating systems and filesystems.
 .It Fl -nodump
 (c mode only)
 Honor the nodump file flag by skipping this file or directory.