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--- a/Documentation/nvme-io-passthru.1
+++ b/Documentation/nvme-io-passthru.1
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
.\" Title: nvme-io-passthru
.\" Author: [FIXME: author] [see http://www.docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/author]
.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot <http://docbook.sf.net/>
-.\" Date: 11/11/2021
+.\" Date: 04/08/2022
.\" Manual: NVMe Manual
.\" Source: NVMe
.\" Language: English
.\"
-.TH "NVME\-IO\-PASSTHRU" "1" "11/11/2021" "NVMe" "NVMe Manual"
+.TH "NVME\-IO\-PASSTHRU" "1" "04/08/2022" "NVMe" "NVMe Manual"
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
.\" * Define some portability stuff
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ nvme-io-passthru \- Submit an arbitrary io command, return results
[\-\-metadata\-len=<len> | \-m <len>]
[\-\-read | \-r ] [\-\-write | \-w]
[\-\-input\-file=<file> | \-i <file>]
+ [\-\-metadata=<file> | \-M <file>]
[\-\-timeout=<to> | \-t <to>]
[\-\-show\-command | \-s]
[\-\-dry\-run | \-d]
@@ -91,7 +92,12 @@ Used for the data\-direction for the command and required for commands sending/r
.PP
\-i <file>, \-\-input\-file=<file>
.RS 4
-If the command is a data\-out (write) command, use this file to fill the buffer sent to the device\&. If no file is given, assumed to use STDIN\&.
+If the command is a data\-out (write) command, use this file to fill the buffer sent to the device\&. If no file is given, assumed to use STDIN\&. If the command is a data\-in (read) command, the data returned from the device will be saved here\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\-M <file>, \-\-metadata=<file>
+.RS 4
+If the command is a data\-out (write) command, use this file to fill the metadata buffer sent to the device\&. If no file is given, assumed to use STDIN\&. If the command is a data\-in (read) command, the metadata returned from the device will be saved here\&.
.RE
.PP
\-l <data\-len>, \-\-data\-len=<data\-len>