@SYNTAX:whois@
-Shows whois information of the specified nick.
-By default, this is aliased to /WI.
+Shows WHOIS information of the specified client. By default,
+this is aliased to /WI.
-/WHOIS nick1 nick1 also queries the idle time of
-the user. This is aliased to /WII by default.
+If the -details option is used WHOIS will retrieve as detailed
+information about the user as possible. Using this option WHOIS
+MAY return following information about the user:
-If given nick is not in the IRC, irssi automatically
-sends a WHOWAS query. Read carefully the reply to see
-if it is a WHOIS or WHOWAS reply. :)
+ o User's public key
+ o Business card of the user (VCard)
+ o List of network services user is currently using
+ o Text and/or multimedia message (MIME, image, etc)
+ o User's personal mood
+ o User's preferred language
+ o User's preferred contact method (chat, email, etc)
+ o User's timezone
+ o User's geographical location
+ o Information about the device user is using (computer, PDA, etc)
-See also: WHO, CHANNEL
+NOTE: It is also possible to receive other information. Note that
+all users do not want to send these informations or may send only
+some of the information. It also possible that none of these
+informations is received. It also possible that some server
+responds to your request on the behalf of the user if the user
+does not want to respond to you. In this case the returned
+information may be incomplete.
+
+If you want to send your information in WHOIS you can set the
+information with ATTR command. See HELP ATTR.
+
+See also: WHOIS, CHANNEL, ATTR, NAMES, WHO