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diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
index e0b0f0f..8ad6e9a 100644
--- a/HACKING
+++ b/HACKING
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+PLEASE LOOK AT THE TOP OF EACH FILE BEFORE EDITING TO SEE WHETHER IT
+IS AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED OR NOT.
+
 Adding a new action
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@@ -15,9 +18,6 @@ You will need to run src/generator.ml (from the top directory) which
 regenerates all the auto-generated files, and then continue with the
 ordinary build process.
 
-PLEASE LOOK AT THE TOP OF EACH FILE BEFORE EDITING to see whether it
-is automatically generated or not.
-
 Formatting
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@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ Please test any changes.
 Directories
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+contrib/
+	Outside contributions, experimental parts.
+
 daemon/
 	The daemon that runs inside the guest and carries out actions.
 
@@ -40,10 +43,21 @@ examples/
 fish/
 	Guestfish (the command-line program / shell)
 
+haskell/
+	Haskell bindings.
+
 images/
 	Some guest images to test against.  These are gzipped to save
 	space.  You have to unzip them before use.
 
+	Also contains some files used by the test suite.
+
+inspector/
+	Virtual machine image inspector (virt-inspector).
+
+java/
+	Java bindings.
+
 m4/
 	M4 macros used by autoconf.
 
@@ -56,6 +70,9 @@ perl/
 python/
 	Python bindings.
 
+ruby/
+	Ruby bindings.
+
 src/
 	Source code to the C library.
 	Also contains the crucial generator program.
@@ -65,8 +82,9 @@ Debugging
 
 It's a good idea to use guestfish to try out new commands.
 
-Use 'guestfish -v', which will show error messages etc from the
-daemon.
+Debugging the daemon is a problem because it runs inside a minimal
+qemu environment.  However you can print messages from the daemon, and
+they will show up if you use 'guestfish -v'.
 
 Patches
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