diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index bc3b0e73..bd200457 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 xbps-0.28 (2014-??-??):
 
+ * The `--repository` option in xbps-install(8) and xbps-query(8) now adds
+   the repositories at the top of the list, rather than overriding the list
+   specified in a configuration file.
+
  * Fixed issue #25: https://github.com/voidlinux/xbps/issues/25
 
  * Fixed issue #24: https://github.com/voidlinux/xbps/issues/24
diff --git a/bin/xbps-install/xbps-install.8 b/bin/xbps-install/xbps-install.8
index d5e4093f..8d5f3a85 100644
--- a/bin/xbps-install/xbps-install.8
+++ b/bin/xbps-install/xbps-install.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.Dd October 12, 2013
+.Dd December 4, 2013
 .Os Void Linux
 .Dt xbps-install 8
 .Sh NAME
@@ -70,8 +70,7 @@ Show the help usage.
 .It Fl n, Fl -dry-run
 Dry-run mode. Show what actions would be done but don't do anything.
 .It Fl R, Fl -repository=uri
-Repository to be added to the list. Multiple repositories can be specified. This repository
-list overrides the list in a configuration file.
+Repository to be added to the top of the list. This option can be specified multiple times.
 .It Fl r, Fl -rootdir Ar dir
 Specifies a full path for the target root directory.
 .It Fl S, Fl -sync
diff --git a/bin/xbps-query/xbps-query.8 b/bin/xbps-query/xbps-query.8
index 17213e23..46125206 100644
--- a/bin/xbps-query/xbps-query.8
+++ b/bin/xbps-query/xbps-query.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.Dd October 12, 2013
+.Dd December 4, 2013
 .Os Void Linux
 .Dt xbps-query 8
 .Sh NAME
@@ -62,9 +62,8 @@ Show the help usage.
 Enable repository mode. This mode explicitly looks in repositories, rather
 than looking in the target root directory. The
 .Ar url
-argument is optional and can be used to add the repository to the list,
-overriding the repository list of a configuration file. Multiple repositories
-can be specified.
+argument is optional and can be used to add the repository to the top of the list.
+This option can be specified multiple times.
 .It Fl r, Fl -rootdir Ar dir
 Specifies a full path for the target root directory.
 .It Fl v, Fl -verbose
@@ -110,6 +109,9 @@ Such packages won't be updated automatically.
 Lists repositories and the number of packages contained on them. If a repository is not
 available the number of packages will be
 .Sy -1 .
+The
+.Fl v
+option can be used to show more detailed information of remote repositories.
 .It Fl m, Fl -list-manual-pkgs
 Lists registered packages in the package database (pkgdb) that were installed
 manually by the user (i.e not as dependency of any package).
diff --git a/lib/initend.c b/lib/initend.c
index 704204cc..93958154 100644
--- a/lib/initend.c
+++ b/lib/initend.c
@@ -172,17 +172,14 @@ xbps_init(struct xbps_handle *xhp)
 		}
 	}
 	/*
-	 * If repositories array is empty use the provided list from
-	 * configuration file.
+	 * Append repository list specified in configuration file.
 	 */
-	if (xbps_array_count(xhp->repositories) == 0) {
-		for (unsigned int i = 0; i < cfg_size(xhp->cfg, "repositories"); i++) {
-			if (xhp->repositories == NULL)
-				xhp->repositories = xbps_array_create();
+	for (unsigned int i = 0; i < cfg_size(xhp->cfg, "repositories"); i++) {
+		if (xhp->repositories == NULL)
+			xhp->repositories = xbps_array_create();
 
-			repodir = cfg_getnstr(xhp->cfg, "repositories", i);
-			xbps_array_add_cstring_nocopy(xhp->repositories, repodir);
-		}
+		repodir = cfg_getnstr(xhp->cfg, "repositories", i);
+		xbps_array_add_cstring_nocopy(xhp->repositories, repodir);
 	}
 
 	if (xhp->cachedir == NULL) {