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@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ over any transport.
 - exec migration: do the migration using the stdin/stdout through a process.
 - fd migration: do the migration using a file descriptor that is
   passed to QEMU.  QEMU doesn't care how this file descriptor is opened.
+- file migration: do the migration using a file that is passed to QEMU
+  by path. A file offset option is supported to allow a management
+  application to add its own metadata to the start of the file without
+  QEMU interference.
 
 In addition, support is included for migration using RDMA, which
 transports the page data using ``RDMA``, where the hardware takes care of