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diff --git a/guestfs-actions.pod b/guestfs-actions.pod
index 1cd4701..9d094c9 100644
--- a/guestfs-actions.pod
+++ b/guestfs-actions.pod
@@ -561,6 +561,22 @@ to find out what you can do.
 This function returns a string, or NULL on error.
 I<The caller must free the returned string after use>.
 
+=head2 guestfs_dmesg
+
+ char *guestfs_dmesg (guestfs_h *handle);
+
+This returns the kernel messages (C<dmesg> output) from
+the guest kernel.  This is sometimes useful for extended
+debugging of problems.
+
+Another way to get the same information is to enable
+verbose messages with C<guestfs_set_verbose> or by setting
+the environment variable C<LIBGUESTFS_DEBUG=1> before
+running the program.
+
+This function returns a string, or NULL on error.
+I<The caller must free the returned string after use>.
+
 =head2 guestfs_download
 
  int guestfs_download (guestfs_h *handle,
@@ -576,6 +592,23 @@ See also C<guestfs_upload>, C<guestfs_cat>.
 
 This function returns 0 on success or -1 on error.
 
+=head2 guestfs_drop_caches
+
+ int guestfs_drop_caches (guestfs_h *handle,
+		int whattodrop);
+
+This instructs the guest kernel to drop its page cache,
+and/or dentries and inode caches.  The parameter C<whattodrop>
+tells the kernel what precisely to drop, see
+L<http://linux-mm.org/Drop_Caches>
+
+Setting C<whattodrop> to 3 should drop everything.
+
+This automatically calls L<sync(2)> before the operation,
+so that the maximum guest memory is freed.
+
+This function returns 0 on success or -1 on error.
+
 =head2 guestfs_exists
 
  int guestfs_exists (guestfs_h *handle,
@@ -1072,6 +1105,17 @@ either a destination filename or destination directory.
 
 This function returns 0 on success or -1 on error.
 
+=head2 guestfs_ping_daemon
+
+ int guestfs_ping_daemon (guestfs_h *handle);
+
+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.
+
+This function returns 0 on success or -1 on error.
+
 =head2 guestfs_pvcreate
 
  int guestfs_pvcreate (guestfs_h *handle,