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diff --git a/perl/lib/Sys/Guestfs.pm b/perl/lib/Sys/Guestfs.pm
index 3f00394..63a4925 100644
--- a/perl/lib/Sys/Guestfs.pm
+++ b/perl/lib/Sys/Guestfs.pm
@@ -432,6 +432,16 @@ The first character of C<param> string must be a C<-> (dash).
 
 C<value> can be NULL.
 
+=item $h->cp ($src, $dest);
+
+This copies a file from C<src> to C<dest> where C<dest> is
+either a destination filename or destination directory.
+
+=item $h->cp_a ($src, $dest);
+
+This copies a file or directory from C<src> to C<dest>
+recursively using the C<cp -a> command.
+
 =item $result = $h->debug ($subcmd, \@extraargs);
 
 The C<$h-E<gt>debug> command exposes some internals of
@@ -451,6 +461,18 @@ C<filename> can also be a named pipe.
 
 See also C<$h-E<gt>upload>, C<$h-E<gt>cat>.
 
+=item $h->drop_caches ($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.
+
 =item $existsflag = $h->exists ($path);
 
 This returns C<true> if and only if there is a file, directory
@@ -734,6 +756,11 @@ the list of devices (eg. C</dev/sda1>, C</dev/VG/LV>).
 
 Some internal mounts are not shown.
 
+=item $h->mv ($src, $dest);
+
+This moves a file from C<src> to C<dest> where C<dest> is
+either a destination filename or destination directory.
+
 =item $h->pvcreate ($device);
 
 This creates an LVM physical volume on the named C<device>,