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diff --git a/perl/lib/Sys/Guestfs.pm b/perl/lib/Sys/Guestfs.pm
index efc2845..3f00394 100644
--- a/perl/lib/Sys/Guestfs.pm
+++ b/perl/lib/Sys/Guestfs.pm
@@ -468,6 +468,36 @@ The exact command which runs is C<file -bsL path>.  Note in
 particular that the filename is not prepended to the output
 (the C<-b> option).
 
+=item $status = $h->fsck ($fstype, $device);
+
+This runs the filesystem checker (fsck) on C<device> which
+should have filesystem type C<fstype>.
+
+The returned integer is the status.  See L<fsck(8)> for the
+list of status codes from C<fsck>.
+
+Notes:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+Multiple status codes can be summed together.
+
+=item *
+
+A non-zero return code can mean "success", for example if
+errors have been corrected on the filesystem.
+
+=item *
+
+Checking or repairing NTFS volumes is not supported
+(by linux-ntfs).
+
+=back
+
+This command is entirely equivalent to running C<fsck -a -t fstype device>.
+
 =item $autosync = $h->get_autosync ();
 
 Get the autosync flag.
@@ -507,6 +537,11 @@ For more information on states, see L<guestfs(3)>.
 
 This returns the verbose messages flag.
 
+=item $h->grub_install ($root, $device);
+
+This command installs GRUB (the Grand Unified Bootloader) on
+C<device>, with the root directory being C<root>.
+
 =item $busy = $h->is_busy ();
 
 This returns true iff this handle is busy processing a command
@@ -993,6 +1028,14 @@ Because of the message protocol, there is a transfer limit
 of somewhere between 2MB and 4MB.  To transfer large files you should use
 FTP.
 
+=item $h->zero ($device);
+
+This command writes zeroes over the first few blocks of C<device>.
+
+How many blocks are zeroed isn't specified (but it's I<not> enough
+to securely wipe the device).  It should be sufficient to remove
+any partition tables, filesystem superblocks and so on.
+
 =cut
 
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