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diff --git a/src/generator.ml b/src/generator.ml
index ccadbfd..85a867e 100755
--- a/src/generator.ml
+++ b/src/generator.ml
@@ -807,9 +807,13 @@ used for distro-specific information.
 To construct the original version string:
 C<$major.$minor.$release$extra>
 
+See also: L<guestfs(3)/LIBGUESTFS VERSION NUMBERS>.
+
 I<Note:> Don't use this call to test for availability
-of features.  Distro backports makes this unreliable.  Use
-C<guestfs_available> instead.");
+of features.  In enterprise distributions we backport
+features from later versions into earlier versions,
+making this an unreliable way to test for features.
+Use C<guestfs_available> instead.");
 
   ("set_selinux", (RErr, [Bool "selinux"]), -1, [FishAlias "selinux"],
    [InitNone, Always, TestOutputTrue (
@@ -3152,7 +3156,7 @@ Unknown file type
 
 =item '?'
 
-The L<readdir(3)> returned a C<d_type> field with an
+The L<readdir(3)> call returned a C<d_type> field with an
 unexpected value
 
 =back
@@ -3475,7 +3479,7 @@ The C<-f> option removes the link (C<linkname>) if it exists already.");
    "\
 This command reads the target of a symbolic link.");
 
-  ("fallocate", (RErr, [Pathname "path"; Int "len"]), 169, [],
+  ("fallocate", (RErr, [Pathname "path"; Int "len"]), 169, [DeprecatedBy "fallocate64"],
    [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
       [["fallocate"; "/a"; "1000000"];
        ["stat"; "/a"]], [CompareWithInt ("size", 1_000_000)])],
@@ -3797,8 +3801,8 @@ was built (see C<appliance/kmod.whitelist.in> in the source).");
     )],
    "echo arguments back to the client",
    "\
-This command concatenate the list of C<words> passed with single spaces between
-them and returns the resulting string.
+This command concatenates the list of C<words> passed with single spaces
+between them and returns the resulting string.
 
 You can use this command to test the connection through to the daemon.
 
@@ -3900,12 +3904,13 @@ See also C<guestfs_realpath>.");
       [["vfs_type"; "/dev/sda1"]], "ext2")],
    "get the Linux VFS type corresponding to a mounted device",
    "\
-This command gets the block device type corresponding to
-a mounted device called C<device>.
+This command gets the filesystem type corresponding to
+the filesystem on C<device>.
 
-Usually the result is the name of the Linux VFS module that
-is used to mount this device (probably determined automatically
-if you used the C<guestfs_mount> call).");
+For most filesystems, the result is the name of the Linux
+VFS module which would be used to mount this filesystem
+if you mounted it without specifying the filesystem type.
+For example a string such as C<ext3> or C<ntfs>.");
 
   ("truncate", (RErr, [Pathname "path"]), 199, [],
    [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
@@ -3925,8 +3930,13 @@ file must exist already.");
    "truncate a file to a particular size",
    "\
 This command truncates C<path> to size C<size> bytes.  The file
-must exist already.  If the file is smaller than C<size> then
-the file is extended to the required size with null bytes.");
+must exist already.
+
+If the current file size is less than C<size> then
+the file is extended to the required size with zero bytes.
+This creates a sparse file (ie. disk blocks are not allocated
+for the file until you write to it).  To create a non-sparse
+file of zeroes, use C<guestfs_fallocate64> instead.");
 
   ("utimens", (RErr, [Pathname "path"; Int64 "atsecs"; Int64 "atnsecs"; Int64 "mtsecs"; Int64 "mtnsecs"]), 201, [],
    [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
@@ -4036,7 +4046,7 @@ C<names> is the list of files from this directory.
 
 On return you get a list of strings, with a one-to-one
 correspondence to the C<names> list.  Each string is the
-value of the symbol link.
+value of the symbolic link.
 
 If the C<readlink(2)> operation fails on any name, then
 the corresponding result string is the empty string C<\"\">.
@@ -4278,6 +4288,8 @@ the libguestfs appliance will be able to provide.
 
 The libguestfs groups, and the functions that those
 groups correspond to, are listed in L<guestfs(3)/AVAILABILITY>.
+You can also fetch this list at runtime by calling
+C<guestfs_available_all_groups>.
 
 The argument C<groups> is a list of group names, eg:
 C<[\"inotify\", \"augeas\"]> would check for the availability of
@@ -4708,6 +4720,63 @@ allows you to specify the new size (in bytes) explicitly.");
 This command is the same as C<guestfs_ntfsresize> except that it
 allows you to specify the new size (in bytes) explicitly.");
 
+  ("available_all_groups", (RStringList "groups", []), 251, [],
+   [InitNone, Always, TestRun [["available_all_groups"]]],
+   "return a list of all optional groups",
+   "\
+This command returns a list of all optional groups that this
+daemon knows about.  Note this returns both supported and unsupported
+groups.  To find out which ones the daemon can actually support
+you have to call C<guestfs_available> on each member of the
+returned list.
+
+See also C<guestfs_available> and L<guestfs(3)/AVAILABILITY>.");
+
+  ("fallocate64", (RErr, [Pathname "path"; Int64 "len"]), 252, [],
+   [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
+      [["fallocate64"; "/a"; "1000000"];
+       ["stat"; "/a"]], [CompareWithInt ("size", 1_000_000)])],
+   "preallocate a file in the guest filesystem",
+   "\
+This command preallocates a file (containing zero bytes) named
+C<path> of size C<len> bytes.  If the file exists already, it
+is overwritten.
+
+Note that this call allocates disk blocks for the file.
+To create a sparse file use C<guestfs_truncate_size> instead.
+
+The deprecated call C<guestfs_fallocate> does the same,
+but owing to an oversight it only allowed 30 bit lengths
+to be specified, effectively limiting the maximum size
+of files created through that call to 1GB.
+
+Do not confuse this with the guestfish-specific
+C<alloc> and C<sparse> commands which create
+a file in the host and attach it as a device.");
+
+  ("vfs_label", (RString "label", [Device "device"]), 253, [],
+   [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
+       [["set_e2label"; "/dev/sda1"; "LTEST"];
+        ["vfs_label"; "/dev/sda1"]], "LTEST")],
+   "get the filesystem label",
+   "\
+This returns the filesystem label of the filesystem on
+C<device>.
+
+If the filesystem is unlabeled, this returns the empty string.");
+
+  ("vfs_uuid", (RString "uuid", [Device "device"]), 254, [],
+   (let uuid = uuidgen () in
+    [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
+       [["set_e2uuid"; "/dev/sda1"; uuid];
+        ["vfs_uuid"; "/dev/sda1"]], uuid)]),
+   "get the filesystem UUID",
+   "\
+This returns the filesystem UUID of the filesystem on
+C<device>.
+
+If the filesystem does not have a UUID, this returns the empty string.");
+
 ]
 
 let all_functions = non_daemon_functions @ daemon_functions