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diff --git a/doc/data-io.texi b/doc/data-io.texi
index a5ba26f018..1d1f13e362 100644
--- a/doc/data-io.texi
+++ b/doc/data-io.texi
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+@c PSPP - a program for statistical analysis.
+@c Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
+@c under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3
+@c or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
+@c with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.
+@c A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU
+@c Free Documentation License".
+@c
 @c (modify-syntax-entry ?_ "w")
 @c (modify-syntax-entry ?' "'")
 @c (modify-syntax-entry ?@ "'")
@@ -966,10 +975,11 @@ active dataset.
 @display
 MATRIX DATA
         VARIABLES = @var{columns}
-        [eFILE='@var{file_name}'| INLINE @}
+        [FILE='@var{file_name}'| INLINE @}
         [/FORMAT= [@{LIST | FREE@}]
                   [@{UPPER | LOWER | FULL@}]
                   [@{DIAGONAL | NODIAGONAL@}]]
+        [/N= @var{n}]
         [/SPLIT= @var{split_variables}].
 @end display
 
@@ -1049,6 +1059,40 @@ single line.  If you pass the keyword @var{FREE} to @subcmd{FORMAT}
 then the data may be data for several matrix rows may be specified on
 the same line, or a single row may be split across lines.
 
+The @subcmd{N} subcommand may be used to specify the number
+of valid cases for each variable.  It should not be used if the
+data contains a record whose ROWTYPE_ column is @samp{N} or @samp{N_VECTOR}.
+It implies a @samp{N} record whose values are all @var{n}.
+That is to say,
+@example
+matrix data
+    variables = rowtype_  var01 TO var04
+    /format = upper nodiagonal
+    /n = 99.
+begin data
+mean 34 35 36 37
+sd   22 11 55 66
+corr 9 8 7
+corr 6 5
+corr 4
+end data.
+@end example
+produces an effect identical to
+@example
+matrix data
+    variables = rowtype_  var01 TO var04
+    /format = upper nodiagonal
+begin data
+n    99 99 99 99
+mean 34 35 36 37
+sd   22 11 55 66
+corr 9 8 7
+corr 6 5
+corr 4
+end data.
+@end example
+
+
 The @subcmd{SPLIT} is used to indicate that variables are to be
 considered as split variables.  For example, the following
 defines two matrices using the variable @samp{S1} to distinguish
@@ -1108,9 +1152,10 @@ are specified, @cmd{PRINT} outputs a single blank line.
 The @subcmd{OUTFILE} subcommand specifies the file to receive the output.  The
 file may be a file name as a string or a file handle (@pxref{File
 Handles}).  If @subcmd{OUTFILE} is not present then output will be sent to
-@pspp{}'s output listing file.  When @subcmd{OUTFILE} is present, a space is
-inserted at beginning of each output line, even lines that otherwise
-would be blank.
+@pspp{}'s output listing file.  When @subcmd{OUTFILE} is present, the
+output is written to @var{file_name} in a plain text format, with a
+space inserted at beginning of each output line, even lines that
+otherwise would be blank.
 
 The @subcmd{ENCODING} subcommand may only be used if the
 @subcmd{OUTFILE} subcommand is also used.  It specifies the character