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diff --git a/guestfish-actions.pod b/guestfish-actions.pod
index d4f4930..e21dc7b 100644
--- a/guestfish-actions.pod
+++ b/guestfish-actions.pod
@@ -907,6 +907,29 @@ Create a directory named C<path>.
 Create a directory named C<path>, creating any parent directories
 as necessary.  This is like the C<mkdir -p> shell command.
 
+=head2 mkdtemp
+
+ mkdtemp template
+
+This command creates a temporary directory.  The
+C<template> parameter should be a full pathname for the
+temporary directory name with the final six characters being
+"XXXXXX".
+
+For example: "/tmp/myprogXXXXXX" or "/Temp/myprogXXXXXX",
+the second one being suitable for Windows filesystems.
+
+The name of the temporary directory that was created
+is returned.
+
+The temporary directory is created with mode 0700
+and is owned by root.
+
+The caller is responsible for deleting the temporary
+directory and its contents after use.
+
+See also: L<mkdtemp(3)>
+
 =head2 mkfs
 
  mkfs fstype device