+.BI \-\-base " path"
+.RS
+Specify the path of the base URL.
+This can be useful if \fIdarkstat\fR is accessed via a reverse proxy.
+
+For example, if you use Apache's \fImod_proxy\fR and want to avoid a
+complicated setup with \fImod_proxy_html\fR (and \fImod_header\fR to unset
+the \fIAccept-Encoding\fR header), just set the base path to something like
+\fIstats\fR and use a config similar to the following snippet:
+
+.IP
+ ProxyPass /stats/ http://localhost:667/stats/
+ ProxyPassReverse /stats/ http://localhost:667/stats/
+.PP
+
+The default is \fI/\fR (i.e. the root).
+.RE
+.\"
+.TP