wifite doc on options (update/upgrade) that do not exit????

Bug #1880673 reported by G.M.
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Bug Description

PROBLEM: some options declared in the man page simply do not exist

$ man wifite
OTHERS COMMANDS
         -upgrade Checks for new version
         -update Checks for new version

# wifite -upgrade
...
wifite: error: unrecognized arguments: -upgrade

# wifite -update
...
wifite: error: unrecognized arguments: -update

ALSO: some options declared as -xxx only work with --xxx, whereas others are OK with -xxx...

$ man wifite
...
WPA
...
         -dict <file> specify dictionary to use when cracking WPA
...
# wifite -dict anyexistingfile
...
wifite: error: unrecognized arguments: -dict anyexistingfile
# wifite --dict anyexistingfile
...
    Interface PHY Driver Chipset
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
 1. wlp2s0 phy0 iwlwifi Intel Corporation Wireless 8260 (rev 3a)

 [+] enabling monitor mode on wlp2s0...
...

G.M. (sexxxenator)
description: updated
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