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diff --git a/doc/manual/start-stop.texinfo b/doc/manual/start-stop.texinfo
index 6edab55..a4e1e55 100644
--- a/doc/manual/start-stop.texinfo
+++ b/doc/manual/start-stop.texinfo
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ distribution for more information.
 * (+ 2 2)
 
 4
-* (quit)
+* (exit)
 $
 @end smallexample
 
@@ -96,22 +96,21 @@ Hello, World!
 @section Stopping SBCL
 
 @menu
-* Quit::                        
+* Exit::
 * End of File::                 
 * Saving a Core Image::         
 * Exit on Errors::              
 @end menu
 
-@node Quit
+@node Exit
 @comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
-@subsection Quit
+@subsection Exit
 
-SBCL can be stopped at any time by calling @code{sb-ext:quit},
+SBCL can be stopped at any time by calling @code{sb-ext:exit},
 optionally returning a specified numeric value to the calling process.
-See notes in @ref{Threading} about the interaction between this
-feature and sessions.
+See @ref{Threading} for information about terminating individual threads.
 
-@include fun-sb-ext-quit.texinfo
+@include fun-sb-ext-exit.texinfo
 
 @node End of File
 @comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
@@ -132,6 +131,13 @@ process, and is also provided as an extension to the user.
 @include fun-sb-ext-save-lisp-and-die.texinfo
 @include var-sb-ext-star-save-hooks-star.texinfo
 
+In cases where the standard initialization files have already been loaded
+into the saved core, and alternative ones should be used (or none at all),
+SBCL allows customizing the initfile pathname computation.
+
+@include var-sb-ext-star-sysinit-pathname-function-star.texinfo
+@include var-sb-ext-star-userinit-pathname-function-star.texinfo
+
 To facilitate distribution of SBCL applications using external
 resources, the filesystem location of the SBCL core file being used is
 available from Lisp.
@@ -234,7 +240,29 @@ error SBCL will invoke ldb (if present and enabled) or else exit.
 As a runtime option this is equivalent to @code{--noinform}
 @code{--disable-ldb} @code{--lose-on-corruption}
 @code{--end-runtime-options} @code{--script} @var{filename}. See the
-description of @code{--script} as a toplevel option below.
+description of @code{--script} as a toplevel option below. If there
+are no other commandline arguments following @code{--script}, the
+filename argument can be omitted.
+
+
+@item --merge-core-pages
+When platform support is present, provide hints to the operating system
+that identical pages may be shared between processes until they are
+written to.  This can be useful to reduce the memory usage on systems
+with multiple SBCL processes started from similar but differently-named
+core files, or from compressed cores.  Without platform support, do
+nothing.
+
+
+@item --no-merge-core-pages
+Ensures that no sharing hint is provided to the operating system.
+
+
+@item --default-merge-core-pages
+Reverts the sharing hint policy to the default: only compressed cores
+trigger hinting.  Uncompressed cores are mapped directly from the core
+file, which is usually enough to ensure sharing.
+
 
 @item --help
 Print some basic information about SBCL, then exit.
@@ -285,9 +313,9 @@ special syntax is intended to reduce quoting headaches when invoking
 SBCL from shell scripts.
 
 @item --noprint
-When ordinarily the toplevel "read-eval-print loop" would be exe-
-cuted, execute a "read-eval loop" instead, i.e. don't print a prompt
-and don't echo results. Combined with the @code{--noinform} runtime
+When ordinarily the toplevel "read-eval-print loop" would be executed,
+execute a "read-eval loop" instead, i.e. don't print a prompt and
+don't echo results. Combined with the @code{--noinform} runtime
 option, this makes it easier to write Lisp "scripts" which work
 cleanly in Unix pipelines.
 
@@ -308,6 +336,16 @@ Causes the system to load the specified file instead of entering the
 read-eval-print-loop, and exit afterwards. If the file begins with a
 shebang line, it is ignored.
 
+If there are no other command line arguments following, the filename
+can be omitted: this causes the script to be loaded from standard
+input instead. Shebang lines in standard input script are currently
+@emph{not} ignored.
+
+In either case, if there is an unhandled error (e.g. end of file, or a
+broken pipe) on either standard input, standard output, or standard
+error, the script silently exits with code 0. This allows e.g. safely
+piping output from SBCL to @code{head -n1} or similar.
+
 @end table
 
 @node Initialization Files