diff --git a/README b/README
index 96ac15e..23c6430 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -77,6 +77,17 @@ If, for whatever reason, you need to force the regeneration of a destination,
 after changing the quality settings for example, run
 $ atom -F <destination name>
 
+Running as a cronjob:
+---------------------
+If you want to run AtOM as a cronjob, atom -q will give you a cleaner output,
+more suitable for mail or logfile output. You may also want to limit the size of
+each batch with -B <batch size>. AtOM will not create or update more than
+<batch size> destination files.
+
+For example:
+#m  h  dom mon dow  command
+0   5   *   *   *   atom -B 1000 -q
+
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