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diff --git a/fuse/guestmount.pod b/fuse/guestmount.pod
index 567a270..cada4cc 100644
--- a/fuse/guestmount.pod
+++ b/fuse/guestmount.pod
@@ -70,6 +70,16 @@ If you want to debug the program, we recommend:
 
  guestmount [...] --trace --verbose /mnt
 
+=head1 NOTES
+
+=head2 Other users cannot see the filesystem by default
+
+If you mount a filesystem as one user (eg. root), then other users
+will not be able to see it by default.  The fix is to add the FUSE
+C<allow_other> option when mounting:
+
+ sudo guestmount [...] -o allow_other /mnt
+
 =head1 OPTIONS
 
 =over 4
@@ -93,6 +103,8 @@ Add disks from the named libvirt domain.  If the I<--ro> option is
 also used, then any libvirt domain can be used.  However in write
 mode, only libvirt domains which are shut down can be named here.
 
+Domain UUIDs can be used instead of names.
+
 =item B<--dir-cache-timeout N>
 
 Set the readdir cache timeout to I<N> seconds, the default being 60
@@ -143,7 +155,14 @@ mounted on the real virtual machine.
 Read key or passphrase parameters from stdin.  The default is
 to try to read passphrases from the user by opening C</dev/tty>.
 
-=item B<-m dev[:mnt]> | B<--mount dev[:mnt]>
+=item B<--live>
+
+Connect to a live virtual machine.
+(Experimental, see L<guestfs(3)/ATTACHING TO RUNNING DAEMONS>).
+
+=item B<-m dev[:mountpoint[:options]]>
+
+=item B<--mount dev[:mountpoint[:options]]>
 
 Mount the named partition or logical volume on the given mountpoint
 B<in the guest> (this has nothing to do with mountpoints in the host).
@@ -151,6 +170,16 @@ B<in the guest> (this has nothing to do with mountpoints in the host).
 If the mountpoint is omitted, it defaults to C</>.  You have to mount
 something on C</>.
 
+The third (and rarely used) part of the mount parameter is the list of
+mount options used to mount the underlying filesystem.  If this is not
+given, then the mount options are either the empty string or C<ro>
+(the latter if the I<--ro> flag is used).  By specifying the mount
+options, you override this default choice.  Probably the only time you
+would use this is to enable ACLs and/or extended attributes if the
+filesystem can support them:
+
+ -m /dev/sda1:/:acl,user_xattr
+
 =item B<-n> | B<--no-sync>
 
 By default, we attempt to sync the guest disk when the FUSE mountpoint
@@ -219,7 +248,9 @@ Display the program version and exit.
 
 =item B<-w> | B<--rw>
 
-This option does nothing at the moment.
+This changes the I<-a>, I<-d> and I<-m> options so that disks are
+added and mounts are done read-write.
+
 See L<guestfish(1)/OPENING DISKS FOR READ AND WRITE>.
 
 =item B<-x> | B<--trace>
@@ -230,6 +261,21 @@ This also stops the daemon from forking into the background.
 
 =back
 
+=head1 FILES
+
+=over 4
+
+=item $HOME/.libguestfs-tools.rc
+
+=item /etc/libguestfs-tools.conf
+
+This configuration file controls the default read-only or read-write
+mode (I<--ro> or I<--rw>).
+
+See L<guestfish(1)/OPENING DISKS FOR READ AND WRITE>.
+
+=back
+
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
 L<guestfish(1)>,