--- grub-0.97.orig/docs/grub.texi	2008-07-17 11:07:25.000000000 +0100
+++ grub-0.97/docs/grub.texi	2008-07-17 10:57:41.000000000 +0100
@@ -2707,6 +2707,7 @@
 * testload::                    Load a file for testing a filesystem
 * testvbe::                     Test VESA BIOS EXTENSION
 * uppermem::                    Set the upper memory size
+* uuid::                        Set GRUB's root device using UUID
 * vbeprobe::                    Probe VESA BIOS EXTENSION
 @end menu
 
@@ -3266,6 +3267,27 @@
 also be used for debugging purposes to lie to an OS.
 @end deffn
 
+@node uuid
+@subsection uuid
+
+@deffn Command uuid [UUID]
+Set the current @dfn{root device} to the device with the universally 
+unique identifier @var{UUID}, then attempt to mount it.  This is 
+equivalent to the @ref{root} command, but allows one to select a 
+filesystem by UUID rather than by device.
+
+The command recognises ext2, ext3, fat, hfs, jfs, ntfs, ocfs, reiserfs 
+and xfs filesystems.
+
+@strong{Note:} grub detects and recognises fat UUIDs in lower case 
+whereas examining /dev/disk/by-uuid on Linux will report fat UUIDs 
+in upper case.
+
+By not specifying @var{UUID}, the command will scan partitions on 
+attached devices and will display the device, partition type and 
+UUID for each recognised filesystem.
+@end deffn
+
 
 @node vbeprobe
 @subsection vbeprobe