I've generally found that most man pages are primarily useful for people who already know the basics of how to use that tool, and need to consult the man page i

I've generally found that most man pages are primarily useful for people who already know the basics of how to use that tool, and need to consult the man page in order to figure out how to understand/accomplish some specific functionality they're looking for. On the other hand, if you're completely new to the tool, man pages are pretty much useless like you mentioned. I generally just google for "<tool> tutorial" instead.