diff --git a/guestfs-actions.pod b/guestfs-actions.pod
index c8a607768..f1ef33208 100644
--- a/guestfs-actions.pod
+++ b/guestfs-actions.pod
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ first be mounted on C</> before others can be mounted.  Other
 filesystems can only be mounted on directories which already
 exist.
 
+The mounted filesystem is writable, if we have sufficient permissions
+on the underlying device.
+
+The filesystem options C<sync> and C<noatime> are set with this
+call, in order to improve reliability.
+
 This function return 0 on success or -1 on error.
 
 =head2 guestfs_sync
diff --git a/src/generator.ml b/src/generator.ml
index 29f743895..5868e170a 100755
--- a/src/generator.ml
+++ b/src/generator.ml
@@ -318,7 +318,6 @@ and generate_client_actions () =
 	   pr "  serial = dispatch (g, GUESTFS_PROC_%s, NULL, NULL);\n"
 	     (String.uppercase shortname)
        | (_, args) ->
-	   pr "\n";
 	   iter_args (
 	     function
 	     | String name -> pr "  args.%s = (char *) %s;\n" name name
diff --git a/src/guestfs-actions.c b/src/guestfs-actions.c
index fd7a0b92c..484bb8df7 100644
--- a/src/guestfs-actions.c
+++ b/src/guestfs-actions.c
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ int guestfs_mount (guestfs_h *g,
 
   memset (&rv, 0, sizeof rv);
 
-
   args.device = (char *) device;
   args.mountpoint = (char *) mountpoint;
   serial = dispatch (g, GUESTFS_PROC_MOUNT,
@@ -197,7 +196,6 @@ int guestfs_touch (guestfs_h *g,
 
   memset (&rv, 0, sizeof rv);
 
-
   args.path = (char *) path;
   serial = dispatch (g, GUESTFS_PROC_TOUCH,
                      (xdrproc_t) xdr_guestfs_touch_args, (char *) &args);