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diff --git a/guestfs-actions.pod b/guestfs-actions.pod
index 0d5efb4..0b06470 100644
--- a/guestfs-actions.pod
+++ b/guestfs-actions.pod
@@ -624,6 +624,20 @@ so that the maximum guest memory is freed.
 
 This function returns 0 on success or -1 on error.
 
+=head2 guestfs_e2fsck_f
+
+ int guestfs_e2fsck_f (guestfs_h *handle,
+		const char *device);
+
+This runs C<e2fsck -p -f device>, ie. runs the ext2/ext3
+filesystem checker on C<device>, noninteractively (C<-p>),
+even if the filesystem appears to be clean (C<-f>).
+
+This command is only needed because of C<guestfs_resize2fs>
+(q.v.).  Normally you should use C<guestfs_fsck>.
+
+This function returns 0 on success or -1 on error.
+
 =head2 guestfs_end_busy
 
  int guestfs_end_busy (guestfs_h *handle);
@@ -1319,6 +1333,12 @@ I<The caller must free the strings and the array after use>.
 This resizes an ext2 or ext3 filesystem to match the size of
 the underlying device.
 
+I<Note:> It is sometimes required that you run C<guestfs_e2fsck_f>
+on the C<device> before calling this command.  For unknown reasons
+C<resize2fs> sometimes gives an error about this and sometimes not.
+In any case, it is always safe to call C<guestfs_e2fsck_f> before
+calling this function.
+
 This function returns 0 on success or -1 on error.
 
 =head2 guestfs_rm