@item --object type,id=@var{id},...props...
Define a new instance of the @var{type} object class identified by @var{id}.
See the @code{qemu(1)} manual page for full details of the properties
-supported. The common object type that it makes sense to define is the
+supported. The common object types that it makes sense to define are the
@code{secret} object, which is used to supply passwords and/or encryption
-keys.
+keys, and the @code{tls-creds} object, which is used to supply TLS
+credentials for the qemu-nbd server.
@item -p, --port=@var{port}
The TCP port to listen on (default @samp{10809})
@item -o, --offset=@var{offset}
@item -x NAME, --export-name=NAME
Set the NBD volume export name. This switches the server to use
the new style NBD protocol negotiation
+@item --tls-creds=ID
+Enable mandatory TLS encryption for the server by setting the ID
+of the TLS credentials object previously created with the --object
+option.
@item -v, --verbose
Display extra debugging information
@item -h, --help