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diff --git a/fish/guestfish.pod b/fish/guestfish.pod
index 77bf0ca..d245672 100644
--- a/fish/guestfish.pod
+++ b/fish/guestfish.pod
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ write.  To open a disk image read-only you have to do I<-a image --ro>.
 This matters: If you accidentally open a live VM disk image writable
 then you will cause irreversible disk corruption.
 
-By libguestfs 1.12 we intend to change the default the other way.
+In a future libguestfs we intend to change the default the other way.
 Disk images will be opened read-only.  You will have to either specify
 I<guestfish --rw>, I<guestmount --rw>, I<virt-rescue --rw>, or change
 the configuration file C</etc/libguestfs-tools.conf> in order to get
@@ -518,6 +518,64 @@ must be escaped with a backslash.
  command "/bin/echo 'foo      bar'"
  command "/bin/echo \'foo\'"
 
+=head2 ESCAPE SEQUENCES IN DOUBLE QUOTED ARGUMENTS
+
+In double-quoted arguments (only) use backslash to insert special
+characters:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<\a>
+
+Alert (bell) character.
+
+=item C<\b>
+
+Backspace character.
+
+=item C<\f>
+
+Form feed character.
+
+=item C<\n>
+
+Newline character.
+
+=item C<\r>
+
+Carriage return character.
+
+=item C<\t>
+
+Horizontal tab character.
+
+=item C<\v>
+
+Vertical tab character.
+
+=item C<\">
+
+A literal double quote character.
+
+=item C<\ooo>
+
+A character with octal value I<ooo>.  There must be precisely 3 octal
+digits (unlike C).
+
+=item C<\xhh>
+
+A character with hex value I<hh>.  There must be precisely 2 hex
+digits.
+
+In the current implementation C<\000> and C<\x00> cannot be used
+in strings.
+
+=item C<\\>
+
+A literal backslash character.
+
+=back
+
 =head1 OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS
 
 Some commands take optional arguments.  These arguments appear in this
@@ -1023,6 +1081,11 @@ guestfish returns 0 if the commands completed without error, or
 The C<edit> command uses C<$EDITOR> as the editor.  If not
 set, it uses C<vi>.
 
+=item GUESTFISH_DISPLAY_IMAGE
+
+The C<display> command uses C<$GUESTFISH_DISPLAY_IMAGE> to
+display images.  If not set, it uses L<display(1)>.
+
 =item GUESTFISH_PID
 
 Used with the I<--remote> option to specify the remote guestfish
@@ -1169,6 +1232,7 @@ L<virt-tar(1)>,
 L<virt-tar-in(1)>,
 L<virt-tar-out(1)>,
 L<virt-win-reg(1)>,
+L<display(1)>,
 L<hexedit(1)>.
 
 =head1 AUTHORS