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diff --git a/src/guestfs.pod b/src/guestfs.pod
index e546029..915d860 100644
--- a/src/guestfs.pod
+++ b/src/guestfs.pod
@@ -1962,12 +1962,13 @@ To attach a named piece of data, use the following call:
 
 C<key> is the name to associate with this data, and C<data> is an
 arbitrary pointer (which can be C<NULL>).  Any previous item with the
-same name is overwritten.
+same key is overwritten.
 
-You can use any C<key> you want, but names beginning with an
-underscore character are reserved for internal libguestfs purposes
-(for implementing language bindings).  It is recommended to prefix the
-name with some unique string to avoid collisions with other users.
+You can use any C<key> you want, but your key should I<not> start with
+an underscore character.  Keys beginning with an underscore character
+are reserved for internal libguestfs purposes (eg. for implementing
+language bindings).  It is recommended that you prefix the key with
+some unique string to avoid collisions with other users.
 
 To retrieve the pointer, use:
 
@@ -2670,6 +2671,10 @@ actions.
 
 L<virt-df(1)> command and documentation.
 
+=item C<edit>
+
+L<virt-edit(1)> command and documentation.
+
 =item C<examples>
 
 C API example code.
@@ -2818,6 +2823,15 @@ We have tested block devices up to 1 exabyte (2**60 or
 1,152,921,504,606,846,976 bytes) using sparse files backed by an XFS
 host filesystem.
 
+Although libguestfs probably does not impose any limit, the underlying
+host storage will.  If you store disk images on a host ext4
+filesystem, then the maximum size will be limited by the maximum ext4
+file size (currently 16 TB).  If you store disk images as host logical
+volumes then you are limited by the maximum size of an LV.
+
+For the hugest disk image files, we recommend using XFS on the host
+for storage.
+
 =head2 MAXIMUM SIZE OF A PARTITION
 
 The MBR (ie. classic MS-DOS) partitioning scheme uses 32 bit sector