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@@ -1000,26 +1000,34 @@ ETEXI
 
     {
         .name       = "dump-guest-memory",
-        .args_type  = "paging:-p,filename:F,begin:i?,length:i?",
-        .params     = "[-p] filename [begin] [length]",
-        .help       = "dump guest memory to file"
-                      "\n\t\t\t begin(optional): the starting physical address"
-                      "\n\t\t\t length(optional): the memory size, in bytes",
+        .args_type  = "paging:-p,zlib:-z,lzo:-l,snappy:-s,filename:F,begin:i?,length:i?",
+        .params     = "[-p] [-z|-l|-s] filename [begin length]",
+        .help       = "dump guest memory into file 'filename'.\n\t\t\t"
+                      "-p: do paging to get guest's memory mapping.\n\t\t\t"
+                      "-z: dump in kdump-compressed format, with zlib compression.\n\t\t\t"
+                      "-l: dump in kdump-compressed format, with lzo compression.\n\t\t\t"
+                      "-s: dump in kdump-compressed format, with snappy compression.\n\t\t\t"
+                      "begin: the starting physical address.\n\t\t\t"
+                      "length: the memory size, in bytes.",
         .mhandler.cmd = hmp_dump_guest_memory,
     },
 
 
 STEXI
-@item dump-guest-memory [-p] @var{protocol} @var{begin} @var{length}
+@item dump-guest-memory [-p] @var{filename} @var{begin} @var{length}
+@item dump-guest-memory [-z|-l|-s] @var{filename}
 @findex dump-guest-memory
 Dump guest memory to @var{protocol}. The file can be processed with crash or
-gdb.
-  filename: dump file name
-    paging: do paging to get guest's memory mapping
+gdb. Without -z|-l|-s, the dump format is ELF.
+        -p: do paging to get guest's memory mapping.
+        -z: dump in kdump-compressed format, with zlib compression.
+        -l: dump in kdump-compressed format, with lzo compression.
+        -s: dump in kdump-compressed format, with snappy compression.
+  filename: dump file name.
      begin: the starting physical address. It's optional, and should be
-            specified with length together.
+            specified together with length.
     length: the memory size, in bytes. It's optional, and should be specified
-            with begin together.
+            together with begin.
 ETEXI
 
     {
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