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diff --git a/guestfs-actions.pod b/guestfs-actions.pod
index b3daa05..23e0580 100644
--- a/guestfs-actions.pod
+++ b/guestfs-actions.pod
@@ -561,6 +561,22 @@ to find out what you can do.
 This function returns a string, or NULL on error.
 I<The caller must free the returned string after use>.
 
+=head2 guestfs_dmesg
+
+ char *guestfs_dmesg (guestfs_h *handle);
+
+This returns the kernel messages (C<dmesg> output) from
+the guest kernel.  This is sometimes useful for extended
+debugging of problems.
+
+Another way to get the same information is to enable
+verbose messages with C<guestfs_set_verbose> or by setting
+the environment variable C<LIBGUESTFS_DEBUG=1> before
+running the program.
+
+This function returns a string, or NULL on error.
+I<The caller must free the returned string after use>.
+
 =head2 guestfs_download
 
  int guestfs_download (guestfs_h *handle,
@@ -593,6 +609,19 @@ so that the maximum guest memory is freed.
 
 This function returns 0 on success or -1 on error.
 
+=head2 guestfs_equal
+
+ int guestfs_equal (guestfs_h *handle,
+		const char *file1,
+		const char *file2);
+
+This compares the two files C<file1> and C<file2> and returns
+true if their content is exactly equal, or false otherwise.
+
+The external L<cmp(1)> program is used for the comparison.
+
+This function returns a C truth value on success or -1 on error.
+
 =head2 guestfs_exists
 
  int guestfs_exists (guestfs_h *handle,
@@ -997,7 +1026,7 @@ This function returns 0 on success or -1 on error.
 		const char *device);
 
 This creates a filesystem on C<device> (usually a partition
-of LVM logical volume).  The filesystem type is C<fstype>, for
+or LVM logical volume).  The filesystem type is C<fstype>, for
 example C<ext3>.
 
 This function returns 0 on success or -1 on error.
@@ -1089,6 +1118,17 @@ either a destination filename or destination directory.
 
 This function returns 0 on success or -1 on error.
 
+=head2 guestfs_ping_daemon
+
+ int guestfs_ping_daemon (guestfs_h *handle);
+
+This is a test probe into the guestfs daemon running inside
+the qemu subprocess.  Calling this function checks that the
+daemon responds to the ping message, without affecting the daemon
+or attached block device(s) in any other way.
+
+This function returns 0 on success or -1 on error.
+
 =head2 guestfs_pvcreate
 
  int guestfs_pvcreate (guestfs_h *handle,