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diff --git a/tools/virt-list-partitions b/tools/virt-list-partitions
index 0edecc4..0baa292 100755
--- a/tools/virt-list-partitions
+++ b/tools/virt-list-partitions
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ virt-list-partitions - List partitions in a virtual machine or disk image
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
+This tool is obsolete.  Use L<virt-filesystems(1)> as a more
+flexible replacement.
+
 C<virt-list-partitions> is a command line tool to list
 the partitions that are contained in a virtual machine or
 disk image.  It is mainly useful as a first step to using
@@ -82,6 +85,23 @@ at all.
 
 =cut
 
+my $format;
+
+=item B<--format> raw
+
+Specify the format of disk images given on the command line.  If this
+is omitted then the format is autodetected from the content of the
+disk image.
+
+If disk images are requested from libvirt, then this program asks
+libvirt for this information.  In this case, the value of the format
+parameter is ignored.
+
+If working with untrusted raw-format guest disk images, you should
+ensure the format is always specified.
+
+=cut
+
 my $human;
 
 =item B<-h> | B<--human-readable>
@@ -116,6 +136,7 @@ Getopt::Long::Configure ("bundling");
 GetOptions ("help|?" => \$help,
             "version" => \$version,
             "connect|c=s" => \$uri,
+            "format=s" => \$format,
             "human-readable|h" => \$human,
             "long|l" => \$long,
             "total|t" => \$total,
@@ -133,9 +154,9 @@ pod2usage (__"virt-list-partitions: no image or VM name given")
 
 my $g;
 if ($uri) {
-    $g = open_guest (\@ARGV, address => $uri);
+    $g = open_guest (\@ARGV, address => $uri, format => $format);
 } else {
-    $g = open_guest (\@ARGV);
+    $g = open_guest (\@ARGV, format => $format);
 }
 
 $g->launch ();
@@ -237,6 +258,7 @@ manual page L<sh(1)> for details.
 
 L<guestfs(3)>,
 L<guestfish(1)>,
+L<virt-filesystems(1)>,
 L<virt-list-filesystems(1)>,
 L<virt-resize(1)>,
 L<Sys::Guestfs(3)>,