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diff --git a/Documentation/md.txt b/Documentation/md.txt
index c05bfb55659e..1da9d1b1793f 100644
--- a/Documentation/md.txt
+++ b/Documentation/md.txt
@@ -297,6 +297,10 @@ Each directory contains:
 	      writemostly - device will only be subject to read
 		         requests if there are no other options.
 			 This applies only to raid1 arrays.
+	      blocked  - device has failed, metadata is "external",
+	                 and the failure hasn't been acknowledged yet.
+			 Writes that would write to this device if
+			 it were not faulty are blocked.
 	      spare    - device is working, but not a full member.
 			 This includes spares that are in the process
 			 of being recovered to
@@ -306,6 +310,12 @@ Each directory contains:
 	Writing "remove" removes the device from the array.
 	Writing "writemostly" sets the writemostly flag.
 	Writing "-writemostly" clears the writemostly flag.
+	Writing "blocked" sets the "blocked" flag.
+	Writing "-blocked" clear the "blocked" flag and allows writes
+		to complete.
+
+	This file responds to select/poll. Any change to 'faulty'
+	or 'blocked' causes an event.
 
       errors
 	An approximate count of read errors that have been detected on
@@ -337,7 +347,7 @@ Each directory contains:
         for storage of data.  This will normally be the same as the
 	component_size.  This can be written while assembling an
         array.  If a value less than the current component_size is
-        written, component_size will be reduced to this value.
+        written, it will be rejected.
 
 
 An active md device will also contain and entry for each active device
@@ -392,6 +402,13 @@ also have
       achieved. In that case, the transition to "recover" isn't
       notified, but the transition away is.
 
+   degraded
+      This contains a count of the number of devices by which the
+      arrays is degraded.  So an optimal array with show '0'.  A
+      single failed/missing drive will show '1', etc.
+      This file responds to select/poll, any increase or decrease
+      in the count of missing devices will trigger an event.
+
    mismatch_count
       When performing 'check' and 'repair', and possibly when
       performing 'resync', md will count the number of errors that are