diff --git a/man/rgbgfx.1 b/man/rgbgfx.1
index 253cdc9b..f4570c32 100644
--- a/man/rgbgfx.1
+++ b/man/rgbgfx.1
@@ -491,9 +491,17 @@ deduplication if
 .Fl u
 was enabled, so you probably don't want to use this option in combination with
 .Fl u .
-Note also that the tiles that don't get output will not count towards
+.Pp
+Also note that the tiles that don't get output in the tile data
+.Em do
+still count towards
 .Fl N Ap s
-limit.
+limit, since they may get output in the tilemap or attribute map.
+If you need to omit input tiles from all output in a way that does not count towards
+.Fl N ,
+use
+.Fl B
+background tiles.
 .It Fl Y , Fl \-mirror-y
 Deduplicate tiles that are vertically symmetrical mirror images of each other across the Y axis.
 Implies
diff --git a/test/gfx/trim_past_n.err b/test/gfx/trim_past_n.err
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1625857c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/gfx/trim_past_n.err
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+FATAL: Image contains 9 tiles, exceeding the limit of 4 + 4
+Conversion aborted after 1 error
diff --git a/test/gfx/trim_past_n.flags b/test/gfx/trim_past_n.flags
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1706562e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/gfx/trim_past_n.flags
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+-N 4,4 -x 1 -c dmg
diff --git a/test/gfx/trim_past_n.png b/test/gfx/trim_past_n.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4873231a
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