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diff --git a/fish/guestfish.pod b/fish/guestfish.pod
index 5b641ea..022e03e 100644
--- a/fish/guestfish.pod
+++ b/fish/guestfish.pod
@@ -973,6 +973,38 @@ user ID of the process, and C<$PID> is the process ID of the server.
 
 Guestfish client and server versions must match exactly.
 
+=head2 USING REMOTE CONTROL ROBUSTLY FROM SHELL SCRIPTS
+
+From Bash, you can use the following code which creates a guestfish
+instance, correctly quotes the command line, handles failure to start,
+and cleans up guestfish when the script exits:
+
+ #!/bin/bash -
+ 
+ set -e
+ 
+ guestfish[0]="guestfish"
+ guestfish[1]="--listen"
+ guestfish[2]="--ro"
+ guestfish[3]="-a"
+ guestfish[4]="disk.img"
+ 
+ GUESTFISH_PID=
+ eval $("${guestfish[@]}")
+ if [ -z "$GUESTFISH_PID" ]; then
+     echo "error: guestfish didn't start up, see error messages above"
+     exit 1
+ fi
+ 
+ kill_guestfish ()
+ {
+     kill $GUESTFISH_PID >/dev/null 2>&1 ||:
+ }
+ trap kill_guestfish EXIT
+ 
+ guestfish --remote run
+ # etc.
+
 =head2 REMOTE CONTROL RUN COMMAND HANGING
 
 Using the C<run> (or C<launch>) command remotely in a command
@@ -1078,7 +1110,7 @@ This exits guestfish.  You can also use C<^D> key.
 
 @ACTIONS@
 
-=head1 EXIT CODE
+=head1 EXIT STATUS
 
 guestfish returns 0 if the commands completed without error, or
 1 if there was an error.
@@ -1236,6 +1268,7 @@ Any existing file with the same name will be overwritten.
 
 L<guestfs(3)>,
 L<http://libguestfs.org/>,
+L<virt-alignment-scan(1)>,
 L<virt-cat(1)>,
 L<virt-copy-in(1)>,
 L<virt-copy-out(1)>,
@@ -1249,6 +1282,8 @@ L<virt-ls(1)>,
 L<virt-make-fs(1)>,
 L<virt-rescue(1)>,
 L<virt-resize(1)>,
+L<virt-sparsify(1)>,
+L<virt-sysprep(1)>,
 L<virt-tar(1)>,
 L<virt-tar-in(1)>,
 L<virt-tar-out(1)>,