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diff --git a/python/guestfs.py b/python/guestfs.py
index e298922..3db9ac0 100644
--- a/python/guestfs.py
+++ b/python/guestfs.py
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ class GuestFS:
 
     def mkfs (self, fstype, device):
         u"""This creates a filesystem on "device" (usually a
-        partition of LVM logical volume). The filesystem type is
+        partition or LVM logical volume). The filesystem type is
         "fstype", for example "ext3".
         """
         return libguestfsmod.mkfs (self._o, fstype, device)
@@ -1233,3 +1233,21 @@ class GuestFS:
         """
         return libguestfsmod.dmesg (self._o)
 
+    def ping_daemon (self):
+        u"""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.
+        """
+        return libguestfsmod.ping_daemon (self._o)
+
+    def equal (self, file1, file2):
+        u"""This compares the two files "file1" and "file2" and
+        returns true if their content is exactly equal, or false
+        otherwise.
+        
+        The external cmp(1) program is used for the comparison.
+        """
+        return libguestfsmod.equal (self._o, file1, file2)
+