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diff --git a/tools/virt-rescue b/tools/virt-rescue
index 7a87fbc..73fc568 100755
--- a/tools/virt-rescue
+++ b/tools/virt-rescue
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl -w
 # virt-rescue
-# Copyright (C) 2009 Red Hat Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2009-2010 Red Hat Inc.
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -142,6 +142,23 @@ at all.
 
 =cut
 
+my $format;
+
+=item B<--format> raw
+
+Specify the format of disk images given on the command line.  If this
+is omitted then the format is autodetected from the content of the
+disk image.
+
+If disk images are requested from libvirt, then this program asks
+libvirt for this information.  In this case, the value of the format
+parameter is ignored.
+
+If working with untrusted raw-format guest disk images, you should
+ensure the format is always specified.
+
+=cut
+
 my $memsize;
 
 =item B<--memsize MB> | B<-m MB>
@@ -153,6 +170,14 @@ parameter is specified in megabytes.
 
 =cut
 
+my $network;
+
+=item B<--network MB>
+
+Enable QEMU user networking in the guest.
+
+=cut
+
 my $readonly;
 
 =item B<--ro> | B<-r>
@@ -180,7 +205,9 @@ GetOptions ("help|?" => \$help,
             "version" => \$version,
             "append=s" => \$append,
             "connect|c=s" => \$uri,
+            "format=s" => \$format,
             "memsize|m=i" => \$memsize,
+            "network" => \$network,
             "ro|r" => \$readonly,
             "selinux" => \$selinux,
     ) or pod2usage (2);
@@ -198,6 +225,7 @@ pod2usage (__"virt-rescue: no image or VM names rescue given")
 my @args = (\@ARGV);
 push @args, address => $uri if $uri;
 push @args, rw => 1 unless $readonly;
+push @args, format => $format if defined $format;
 my $g = open_guest (@args);
 
 # Setting "direct mode" is required for the rescue appliance.
@@ -206,6 +234,7 @@ $g->set_direct (1);
 # Set other features.
 $g->set_selinux (1) if $selinux;
 $g->set_memsize ($memsize) if defined $memsize;
+$g->set_network (1) if $network;
 
 # Set the kernel command line, which must include guestfs_rescue=1
 # (see appliance/init).
@@ -228,6 +257,13 @@ exit 0;
 Several environment variables affect virt-rescue.  See
 L<guestfs(3)/ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES> for the complete list.
 
+=head1 SHELL QUOTING
+
+Libvirt guest names can contain arbitrary characters, some of which
+have meaning to the shell such as C<#> and space.  You may need to
+quote or escape these characters on the command line.  See the shell
+manual page L<sh(1)> for details.
+
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
 L<guestfs(3)>,