-.IP "\fBget-schema\fI server\fR"
-Connects to \fIserver\fR, retrieves the database schema, and prints it
-in JSON format.
-.
-.IP "\fBlist-tables\fI server\fR"
-Connects to \fIserver\fR, retrieves the database schema, and prints
-a table listing the names and comments (if any) on each table within
-the database.
-.
-.IP "\fBlist-columns\fI server \fR[\fItable\fR]"
-Connects to \fIserver\fR, retrieves the database schema, and prints
-a table listing the names, type, and comment (if any) on each column. If
-\fItable\fR is specified, only columns in that table are listed;
-otherwise, the tables include columns in all tables.
+.IP "\fBlist\-dbs\fI server\fR"
+Connects to \fIserver\fR, retrieves the list of known databases, and
+prints them one per line. These database names are the ones that may
+be used for \fIdatabase\fR in the following commands.
+.
+.IP "\fBget\-schema\fI server database\fR"
+Connects to \fIserver\fR, retrieves the schema for \fIdatabase\fR, and
+prints it in JSON format.
+.
+.IP "\fBget\-schema\-version\fI server database\fR"
+Connects to \fIserver\fR, retrieves the schema for \fIdatabase\fR, and
+prints its version number on stdout. A schema version number has the form
+\fIx\fB.\fIy\fB.\fIz\fR. See \fBovs\-vswitchd.conf.db\fR(5) for
+details.
+.IP
+Schema version numbers and Open vSwitch version numbers are
+independent.
+.IP
+If \fIdatabase\fR was created before schema versioning was introduced,
+then it will not have a version number and this command will print a
+blank line.
+.
+.IP "\fBlist\-tables\fI server database\fR"
+Connects to \fIserver\fR, retrieves the schema for \fIdatabase\fR, and
+prints a table listing the name of each table
+within the database.
+.
+.IP "\fBlist\-columns\fI server database \fR[\fItable\fR]"
+Connects to \fIserver\fR, retrieves the schema for \fIdatabase\fR, and
+prints a table listing the name and type of each
+column. If \fItable\fR is specified, only columns in that table are
+listed; otherwise, the tables include columns in all tables.
+.
+.IP "\fBtransact\fI server transaction\fR"
+Connects to \fIserver\fR, sends it the specified \fItransaction\fR,
+which must be a JSON array containing one or more valid OVSDB
+operations, and prints the received reply on stdout.
+.
+.IP "\fBdump\fI server database\fR"
+Connects to \fIserver\fR, retrieves all of the data in \fIdatabase\fR,
+and prints it on stdout as a series of tables.
+.
+.IP "\fBmonitor\fI server database table\fR [\fIcolumn\fR[\fB,\fIcolumn\fR]...]..."
+Connects to \fIserver\fR and monitors the contents of \fItable\fR in
+\fIdatabase\fR. By default, the initial contents of \fItable\fR are
+printed, followed by each change as it occurs. If at least one
+\fIcolumn\fR is specified, only those columns are monitored. The
+following \fIcolumn\fR names have special meanings:
+.RS
+.IP "\fB!initial\fR"
+Do not print the initial contents of the specified columns.
+.IP "\fB!insert\fR"
+Do not print newly inserted rows.
+.IP "\fB!delete\fR"
+Do not print deleted rows.
+.IP "\fB!modify\fR"
+Do not print modifications to existing rows.
+.RE
+.IP
+Multiple [\fIcolumn\fR[\fB,\fIcolumn\fR]...] groups may be specified
+as separate arguments, e.g. to apply different reporting parameters to
+each group. Whether multiple groups or only a single group is
+specified, any given column may only be mentioned once on the command
+line.
+.IP
+If \fB\-\-detach\fR is used with \fBmonitor\fR, then \fBovsdb\-client\fR
+detaches after it has successfully received and printed the initial
+contents of \fItable\fR.