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diff --git a/fish/guestfish.pod b/fish/guestfish.pod
index 5e19ac2..5737c46 100644
--- a/fish/guestfish.pod
+++ b/fish/guestfish.pod
@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@ guestfish - the libguestfs Filesystem Interactive SHell
 
  guestfish -i disk.img [disk.img ...]
 
+=head1 WARNING
+
+Using guestfish in read/write mode on live virtual machines can be
+dangerous, potentially causing disk corruption.  Use the I<--ro>
+(read-only) option to use guestfish safely if the disk image or
+virtual machine might be live.
+
 =head1 EXAMPLES
 
 =head2 As an interactive shell
@@ -113,11 +120,6 @@ shell scripts or the command line or interactively.  If you want to
 rescue a broken virtual machine image, you should look at the
 L<virt-rescue(1)> command.
 
-Using guestfish in read/write mode on live virtual machines can be
-dangerous, potentially causing disk corruption.  Use the I<--ro>
-(read-only) option to use guestfish safely if the disk image or
-virtual machine might be live.
-
 =head1 OPTIONS
 
 =over 4
@@ -806,6 +808,11 @@ can be useful for benchmarking operations.
 
 @ACTIONS@
 
+=head1 EXIT CODE
+
+guestfish returns 0 if the commands completed without error, or
+1 if there was an error.
+
 =head1 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
 
 =over 4
@@ -823,8 +830,8 @@ L</REMOTE CONTROL GUESTFISH OVER A SOCKET>.
 
 =item HOME
 
-If compiled with GNU readline support, then the command history
-is saved in C<$HOME/.guestfish>
+If compiled with GNU readline support, various files in the
+home directory can be used.  See L</FILES>.
 
 =item LIBGUESTFS_APPEND
 
@@ -874,10 +881,55 @@ enough.
 
 =back
 
-=head1 EXIT CODE
+=head1 FILES
 
-guestfish returns 0 if the commands completed without error, or
-1 if there was an error.
+=over 4
+
+=item $HOME/.guestfish
+
+If compiled with GNU readline support, then the command history
+is saved in this file.
+
+=item $HOME/.inputrc
+
+=item /etc/inputrc
+
+If compiled with GNU readline support, then these files can be used to
+configure readline.  For further information, please see
+L<readline(3)/INITIALIZATION FILE>.
+
+To write rules which only apply to guestfish, use:
+
+ $if guestfish
+ ...
+ $endif
+
+Variables that you can set in inputrc that change the behaviour
+of guestfish in useful ways include:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item completion-ignore-case (default: on)
+
+By default, guestfish will ignore case when tab-completing
+paths on the disk.  Use:
+
+ set completion-ignore-case off
+
+to make guestfish case sensitive.
+
+=back
+
+=item test1.img
+
+=item test2.img (etc)
+
+When using the C<-N> or C<--new> option, the prepared disk or
+filesystem will be created in the file C<test1.img> in the current
+directory.  The second use of C<-N> will use C<test2.img> and so on.
+Any existing file with the same name will be overwritten.
+
+=back
 
 =head1 SEE ALSO