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--- a/rsync-backup.8
+++ b/rsync-backup.8
@@ -265,11 +265,30 @@ module.
 The default is
 .BR sha256 .
 .TP
+.B INDEXDB
+The name of a SQLite database initialized by
+.BR update-bkp-index (8)
+in which an index is maintained of which dumps are on which backup
+volumes.  If the file doesn't exist, then no index is maintained.  The
+default is
+.IB localstatedir /lib/bkp/index.db
+where
+.I localstatedir
+is the state directory configured at build time.
+.TP
 .B MAXLOG
 The number of log files to be kept for each filesystem.  Old logfiles
 are deleted to keep the total number below this bound.  The default
 value is 14.
 .TP
+.B METADIR
+The metadata directory for the currently mounted backup volume.
+The default is
+.IB mntbkpdir /meta
+where
+.I mntbkpdir
+is the backup mount directory configured at build time.
+.TP
 .B RSYNCOPTS
 Command-line options to pass to
 .BR rsync (1)
@@ -315,6 +334,11 @@ where
 .I mntbkpdir
 is the backup mount directory configured at build time.
 .TP
+.B VOLUME
+The name of the current volume.  If this is left unset, the volume name
+is read from the file
+.IB METADIR /volume
+once at the start of the backup run.
 .SS Hook functions
 The configuration file may define shell functions to perform custom
 actions at various points in the backup process.
@@ -451,6 +475,7 @@ format), together with associated files named
 .BR lvm (8),
 .BR rfreezefs (8),
 .BR rsync (1),
-.BR ssh (1).
+.BR ssh (1),
+.BR update-bkp-index (8).
 .SH AUTHOR
 Mark Wooding, <mdw@distorted.org.uk>