diff --git a/examples/guestfs-recipes.pod b/examples/guestfs-recipes.pod
index 6683b1517..2679b6885 100644
--- a/examples/guestfs-recipes.pod
+++ b/examples/guestfs-recipes.pod
@@ -278,6 +278,35 @@ listing who was logged in recently
L
+=head1 Hanging guests
+
+There are various ways to use libguestfs to find out why a guest
+is hanging or unresponsive:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item 1.
+
+Read the log files using virt-cat:
+
+ virt-cat Guest /var/log/messages | less
+
+=item 2.
+
+Read the Windows Event Log (Windows Vista or later only):
+
+L
+
+=item 3.
+
+Find out which files were last updated in a guest:
+
+L
+
+This might give you a clue as to what program is running.
+
+=back
+
=head1 Install RPMs in a guest
The link below contains a method to install RPMs in a guest. In fact