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diff --git a/utils/exportfs/exports.man b/utils/exportfs/exports.man
index 7a032bc..fd6d4be 100644
--- a/utils/exportfs/exports.man
+++ b/utils/exportfs/exports.man
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-.TH EXPORTS 5 "28 October 1999"
-.UC 5
+.TH EXPORTS 5 "4 March 2005" "Linux" "Linux File Formats Manual"
 .SH NAME
 exports \- NFS file systems being exported (for Kernel based NFS)
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -30,6 +29,9 @@ double quotes. You can also specify spaces or other unusual character in
 the export name using a backslash followed by the character code as three
 octal digits.
 .PP
+To apply changes to this file, run exportfs -ra or (on Debian)
+/etc/init.d/nfs-kernel-server reload.
+.PP
 .SS Machine Name Formats
 NFS clients may be specified in a number of ways:
 .IP "single host
@@ -110,6 +112,13 @@ Using this option usually improves performance, but at the cost that
 an unclean server restart (i.e. a crash) can cause data to be lost or
 corrupted.
 
+.TP
+.IR sync
+Reply to requests only after the changes have been committed to stable
+storage (see
+.IR async
+above).
+
 In releases of nfs-utils upto and including 1.0.0, this option was the
 default.  In this and future releases,
 .I sync
@@ -169,9 +178,17 @@ copes with the situation effectively.
 The option can be explicitly disabled with
 .IR hide .
 .TP
+.IR crossmnt
+This option is similar to
+.I nohide
+but it makes it possible for clients to move from the filesystem marked
+with crossmnt to exported filesystems mounted on it.  Thus when a child
+filesystem "B" is mounted on a parent "A", setting crossmnt on "A" has
+the same effect as setting "nohide" on B.
+.TP
 .IR no_subtree_check
 This option disables subtree checking, which has mild security
-implications, but can improve reliability is some circumstances.
+implications, but can improve reliability in some circumstances.
 
 If a subdirectory of a filesystem is exported, but the whole
 filesystem isn't then whenever a NFS request arrives, the server must
@@ -190,7 +207,7 @@ subtree checking is also used to make sure that files inside
 directories to which only root has access can only be accessed if the
 filesystem is exported with
 .I no_root_squash
-(see below), even the file itself allows more general access.
+(see below), even if the file itself allows more general access.
 
 As a general guide, a home directory filesystem, which is normally
 exported at the root and may see lots of file renames, should be
@@ -223,6 +240,21 @@ be explicitly requested with either of the synonymous
 .IR auth_nlm ,
 or
 .IR secure_locks .
+.TP
+.IR no_acl
+On some specially patched kernels, and when exporting filesystems that
+support ACLs, this option tells nfsd not to reveal ACLs to clients, so
+they will see only a subset of actual permissions on the given file
+system.  This option is safe for filesystems used by NFSv2 clients and
+old NFSv3 clients that perform access decisions locally.  Current
+NFSv3 clients use the ACCESS RPC to perform all access decisions on
+the server.  Note that the
+.I no_acl
+option only has effect on kernels specially patched to support it, and
+when exporting filesystems with ACL support.  The default is to export
+with ACL support (i.e. by default,
+.I no_acl
+is off).
 
 '''.TP
 '''.I noaccess
@@ -309,7 +341,7 @@ By default,
 '''in the password file at startup time. If it isn't found, a uid and gid
 .I exportfs
 chooses a uid and gid
-of -2 (i.e. 65534) for squashed access. These values can also be overridden by
+of 65534 for squashed access. These values can also be overridden by
 the
 .IR anonuid " and " anongid
 options.
@@ -487,6 +519,12 @@ don't use a reserved port for NFS.
 '''entry.
 .SH FILES
 /etc/exports
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR exportfs (8),
+.BR netgroup (5),
+.BR mountd (8),
+.BR nfsd (8),
+.BR showmount (8).
 '''.SH DIAGNOSTICS
 '''An error parsing the file is reported using syslogd(8) as level NOTICE from
 '''a DAEMON whenever nfsd(8) or mountd(8) is started up.  Any unknown