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diff --git a/virt-top/virt-top.pod b/virt-top/virt-top.pod
index 9e1e228..3a955ac 100755
--- a/virt-top/virt-top.pod
+++ b/virt-top/virt-top.pod
@@ -158,6 +158,10 @@ when used together with the I<--csv> and I<-n> options.
Stream mode. All output is sent to stdout. This can be used from
shell scripts etc. There is no user interface.
+=item B<--block-in-bytes>
+
+Show I/O statistics in Bytes. Default is shown in the number of Requests.
+
=item B<--end-time time>
The program will exit at the I<time> given.
@@ -231,6 +235,10 @@ Displays help.
Change the delay between screen updates.
+=item I<B>
+
+Toggle Block I/O statistics so they are shown in either bytes or requests.
+
=item I<0> (number 0)
Show the normal list of domains display.
@@ -362,6 +370,10 @@ Sets script mode.
Sets stream mode.
+=item B<block-in-bytes> I<true|false>
+
+Show block device statistics in bytes.
+
=item B<end-time> I<time>
Set the time at which the program exits. See above for the
@@ -380,6 +392,12 @@ This is a bug and this behaviour may change in the future.
=head1 NOTES
+=head2 Block I/O statistics
+
+This I/O value is the amount of I/O since the previous iteration
+of virt-top. To calculate speed of I/O, you should divide
+the number by delay secs.
+
=head2 NETWORK RX BYTES AND PACKETS
Libvirt/virt-top has no way to know that a packet transmitted to a