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diff --git a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
index a467be4e..b720f059 100644
--- a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
+++ b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
@@ -372,8 +372,20 @@
 
     <group title="OpenFlow Configuration">
       <column name="controller">
-        OpenFlow controller set.  If unset, then no OpenFlow controllers
-        will be used.
+        <p>
+          OpenFlow controller set.  If unset, then no OpenFlow controllers
+          will be used.
+        </p>
+
+        <p>
+          If there are primary controllers, removing all of them clears the
+          flow table.  If there are no primary controllers, adding one also
+          clears the flow table.  Other changes to the set of controllers, such
+          as adding or removing a service controller, adding another primary
+          controller to supplement an existing primary controller, or removing
+          only one of two primary controllers, have no effect on the flow
+          table.
+        </p>
       </column>
 
       <column name="fail_mode">
@@ -406,6 +418,10 @@
         <p>When more than one controller is configured,
         <ref column="fail_mode"/> is considered only when none of the
         configured controllers can be contacted.</p>
+        <p>
+          Changing <ref column="fail_mode"/> when no primary controllers are
+          configured clears the flow table.
+        </p>
       </column>
 
       <column name="datapath_id">
@@ -741,8 +757,7 @@
 
       <p>
         The following modes require the upstream switch to support 802.3ad with
-        successful LACP negotiation.  If LACP negotiation fails then
-        <code>balance-slb</code> style flow hashing is used as a fallback:
+        successful LACP negotiation:
       </p>
 
       <dl>
@@ -774,10 +789,19 @@
 
       <column name="bond_mode">
         <p>The type of bonding used for a bonded port.  Defaults to
-        <code>balance-slb</code> if unset.
+        <code>active-backup</code> if unset.
         </p>
       </column>
 
+      <column name="other_config" key="bond-hash-basis"
+              type='{"type": "integer"}'>
+        An integer hashed along with flows when choosing output slaves in load
+        balanced bonds.  When changed, all flows will be assigned different
+        hash values possibly causing slave selection decisions to change.  Does
+        not affect bonding modes which do not employ load balancing such as
+        <code>active-backup</code>.
+      </column>
+
       <group title="Link Failure Detection">
         <p>
           An important part of link bonding is detecting that links are down so
@@ -836,14 +860,16 @@
           connected to.  <code>active</code> ports are allowed to initiate LACP
           negotiations.  <code>passive</code> ports are allowed to participate
           in LACP negotiations initiated by a remote switch, but not allowed to
-          initiate such negotiations themselves.  Defaults to <code>off</code>
-          if unset.
+          initiate such negotiations themselves.  If LACP is enabled on a port
+          whose partner switch does not support LACP, the bond will be
+          disabled.  Defaults to <code>off</code> if unset.
         </column>
 
         <column name="other_config" key="lacp-system-id">
           The LACP system ID of this <ref table="Port"/>.  The system ID of a
           LACP bond is used to identify itself to its partners.  Must be a
-          nonzero MAC address.
+          nonzero MAC address. Defaults to the bridge Ethernet address if
+          unset.
         </column>
 
         <column name="other_config" key="lacp-system-priority"
@@ -881,13 +907,6 @@
           when this mode is in use.  The default if not specified is
           <code>false</code>.
         </column>
-
-        <column name="other_config" key="bond-hash-basis"
-                type='{"type": "integer"}'>
-          An integer hashed along with flows when choosing output slaves.  When
-          changed, all flows will be assigned different hash values possibly
-          causing slave selection decisions to change.
-        </column>
       </group>
 
       <group title="SLB Configuration">
@@ -1789,6 +1808,11 @@
       </p>
 
       <ul>
+        <li>
+          The VLAN is the <ref table="Port" column="tag"/> value in any <ref
+          table="Port"/> record.
+        </li>
+
         <li>
           The VLAN is listed within the <ref table="Port" column="trunks"/>
           column of the <ref table="Port"/> record of an interface on which
@@ -1918,23 +1942,11 @@
       unchanged.
     </column>
 
-    <group title="Configuration for min-rate QoS">
-      <p>
-        These key-value pairs are defined for <ref table="QoS"/> <ref
-        table="QoS" column="type"/> of <code>min-rate</code>.
-      </p>
-      
-      <column name="other_config" key="min-rate"
-              type='{"type": "integer", "minInteger": 12000}'>
-        Minimum guaranteed bandwidth, in bit/s.  Required.  The floor value is
-        1500 bytes/s (12,000 bit/s).
-      </column>
-    </group>
-
     <group title="Configuration for linux-htb QoS">
       <p>
-        These key-value pairs are defined for <ref table="QoS"/> <ref
-        table="QoS" column="type"/> of <code>linux-htb</code>.
+        <ref table="QoS"/> <ref table="QoS" column="type"/>
+        <code>linux-htb</code> may use <code>queue_id</code>s less than 61440.
+        It has the following key-value pairs defined.
       </p>
       
       <column name="other_config" key="min-rate"
@@ -1969,8 +1981,9 @@
 
     <group title="Configuration for linux-hfsc QoS">
       <p>
-        These key-value pairs are defined for <ref table="QoS"/> <ref
-        table="QoS" column="type"/> of <code>linux-hfsc</code>.
+        <ref table="QoS"/> <ref table="QoS" column="type"/>
+        <code>linux-hfsc</code> may use <code>queue_id</code>s less than 61440.
+        It has the following key-value pairs defined.
       </p>
       
       <column name="other_config" key="min-rate"
@@ -1996,11 +2009,11 @@
     </group>
   </table>
 
-  <table name="Mirror" title="Port mirroring (SPAN/RSPAN/ERSPAN).">
+  <table name="Mirror" title="Port mirroring.">
     <p>A port mirror within a <ref table="Bridge"/>.</p>
     <p>A port mirror configures a bridge to send selected frames to special
     ``mirrored'' ports, in addition to their normal destinations.  Mirroring
-    traffic may also be referred to as SPAN, RSPAN, or ERSPAN, depending on how
+    traffic may also be referred to as SPAN or RSPAN, depending on how
     the mirrored traffic is sent.</p>
 
     <column name="name">
@@ -2048,8 +2061,8 @@
         will be discarded.</p>
         <p>
           The output port may be any kind of port supported by Open vSwitch.
-          It may be, for example, a physical port (sometimes called SPAN), or a
-          GRE tunnel (sometimes called ERSPAN).
+          It may be, for example, a physical port (sometimes called SPAN) or a
+          GRE tunnel.
         </p>
       </column>
 
@@ -2125,6 +2138,18 @@
       </column>
     </group>
 
+    <group title="Statistics: Mirror counters">
+      <p>
+        Key-value pairs that report mirror statistics.
+      </p>
+      <column name="statistics" key="tx_packets">
+        Number of packets transmitted through this mirror.
+      </column>
+      <column name="statistics" key="tx_bytes">
+        Number of bytes transmitted through this mirror.
+      </column>
+    </group>
+
     <group title="Common Columns">
       The overall purpose of these columns is described under <code>Common
       Columns</code> at the beginning of this document.
@@ -2757,10 +2782,12 @@
 
     <column name="agent">
       Name of the network device whose IP address should be reported as the
-      ``agent address'' to collectors.  If not specified, the IP address
+      ``agent address'' to collectors.  If not specified, the agent device is
+      figured from the first target address and the routing table.  If the
+      routing table does not contain a route to the target, the IP address
       defaults to the <ref table="Controller" column="local_ip"/> in the
       collector's <ref table="Controller"/>.  If an agent IP address cannot be
-      determined either way, sFlow is disabled.
+      determined any of these ways, sFlow is disabled.
     </column>
 
     <column name="header">