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--- a/man/man8/zdb.8
+++ b/man/man8/zdb.8
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
.\"
.\"
.\" Copyright 2012, Richard Lowe.
-.\" Copyright (c) 2012 by Delphix. All rights reserved.
+.\" Copyright (c) 2012, 2014 by Delphix. All rights reserved.
.\"
.TH "ZDB" "8" "February 15, 2012" "" ""
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
\fBzdb\fR [-CumdibcsDvhLMXFPA] [-e [-p \fIpath\fR...]] [-t \fItxg\fR]
- [-U \fIcache\fR] [-I \fIinflight I/Os\fR]
+ [-U \fIcache\fR] [-I \fIinflight I/Os\fR] [-x \fIdumpdir\fR]
[\fIpoolname\fR [\fIobject\fR ...]]
.P
@@ -375,6 +375,20 @@ Operate on an exported pool, not present in \fB/etc/zfs/zpool.cache\fR. The
.sp
.ne 2
.na
+\fB-x\fR \fIdumpdir\fR
+.ad
+.sp .6
+.RS 4n
+All blocks accessed will be copied to files in the specified directory.
+The blocks will be placed in sparse files whose name is the same as
+that of the file or device read. zdb can be then run on the generated files.
+Note that the \fB-bbc\fR flags are sufficient to access (and thus copy)
+all metadata on the pool.
+.RE
+
+.sp
+.ne 2
+.na
\fB-F\fR
.ad
.sp .6