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diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-strbuf.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-strbuf.txt
index 4242dc014..743814924 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-strbuf.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-strbuf.txt
@@ -133,8 +133,10 @@ Functions
 
 * Adding data to the buffer
 
-NOTE: All of these functions in this section will grow the buffer as
-      necessary.
+NOTE: All of the functions in this section will grow the buffer as necessary.
+If they fail for some reason other than memory shortage and the buffer hadn't
+been allocated before (i.e. the `struct strbuf` was set to `STRBUF_INIT`),
+then they will free() it.
 
 `strbuf_addch`::
 
@@ -205,6 +207,13 @@ In order to facilitate caching and to make it possible to give
 parameters to the callback, `strbuf_expand()` passes a context pointer,
 which can be used by the programmer of the callback as she sees fit.
 
+`strbuf_expand_dict_cb`::
+
+	Used as callback for `strbuf_expand()`, expects an array of
+	struct strbuf_expand_dict_entry as context, i.e. pairs of
+	placeholder and replacement string.  The array needs to be
+	terminated by an entry with placeholder set to NULL.
+
 `strbuf_addf`::
 
 	Add a formatted string to the buffer.
@@ -213,7 +222,7 @@ which can be used by the programmer of the callback as she sees fit.
 
 	Read a given size of data from a FILE* pointer to the buffer.
 +
-NOTE: The buffer is rewinded if the read fails. If -1 is returned,
+NOTE: The buffer is rewound if the read fails. If -1 is returned,
 `errno` must be consulted, like you would do for `read(3)`.
 `strbuf_read()`, `strbuf_read_file()` and `strbuf_getline()` has the
 same behaviour as well.
@@ -228,6 +237,11 @@ same behaviour as well.
 	Read the contents of a file, specified by its path. The third argument
 	can be used to give a hint about the file size, to avoid reallocs.
 
+`strbuf_readlink`::
+
+	Read the target of a symbolic link, specified by its path.  The third
+	argument can be used to give a hint about the size, to avoid reallocs.
+
 `strbuf_getline`::
 
 	Read a line from a FILE* pointer. The second argument specifies the line