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diff --git a/doc/plugins/write.mdwn b/doc/plugins/write.mdwn
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--- a/doc/plugins/write.mdwn
+++ b/doc/plugins/write.mdwn
@@ -82,11 +82,19 @@ configuration. It's called early in the startup process. The
 function is passed no values. It's ok for the function to call
 `error()` if something isn't configured right.
 
 function is passed no values. It's ok for the function to call
 `error()` if something isn't configured right.
 

+### refresh
+
+       hook(type => "refresh", id => "foo", call => \&refresh);
+
+This hook is called just before ikiwiki scans the wiki for changed files.
+It's useful for plugins that need to create or modify a source page. The
+function is passed no values.
+

 ### needsbuild
 
        hook(type => "needsbuild", id => "foo", call => \&needsbuild);
 
 ### needsbuild
 
        hook(type => "needsbuild", id => "foo", call => \&needsbuild);
 

-This allows a plugin the manipulate the list of files that need to be
+This allows a plugin to manipulate the list of files that need to be

 built when the wiki is refreshed. The function is passed a reference to an
 array of pages that will be rebuilt, and can modify the array, either
 adding or removing files from it.
 built when the wiki is refreshed. The function is passed a reference to an
 array of pages that will be rebuilt, and can modify the array, either
 adding or removing files from it.


@@ -143,11 +151,6 @@ specifies the filename extension that a file must have to be htmlized using
 this plugin. This is how you can add support for new and exciting markup
 languages to ikiwiki.
 
 this plugin. This is how you can add support for new and exciting markup
 languages to ikiwiki.
 

-Note that if you choose a filename extension that starts with "_",
-ikiwiki will not render the page, or allow the page to be edited with the
-web interface. This is useful for certian types of internal-use pages, but
-should generally be avoided.
-

 The function is passed named parameters: "page" and "content" and should
 return the htmlized content.
 
 The function is passed named parameters: "page" and "content" and should
 return the htmlized content.
 


@@ -219,8 +222,11 @@ source files that were rendered.
 
 Use this to hook into ikiwiki's cgi script. Each registered cgi hook is
 called in turn, and passed a CGI object. The hook should examine the
 
 Use this to hook into ikiwiki's cgi script. Each registered cgi hook is
 called in turn, and passed a CGI object. The hook should examine the

-parameters, and if it will handle this CGI request, output a page (including the http headers) and
-terminate the program.
+parameters, and if it will handle this CGI request, output a page
+(including the http headers) and terminate the program.
+
+Note that cgi hooks are called as early as possible, before any ikiwiki
+state is loaded, and with no session information.

 
 ### auth
 
 
 ### auth
 


@@ -528,6 +534,19 @@ destination file, as registered by `will_render`.
 Passed a page and an extension, returns the filename that page will be
 rendered to.
 
 Passed a page and an extension, returns the filename that page will be
 rendered to.
 

+## Internal use pages
+
+Sometimes it's useful to put pages in the wiki without the overhead of
+having them be rendered to individual html files. Such internal use pages
+are collected together to form the RecentChanges page, for example.
+
+To make an internal use page, register a filename extension that starts
+with "_". Internal use pages cannot be edited with the web interface,
+generally shouldn't contain wikilinks or preprocessor directives (use
+either on them with extreme caution), and are not matched by regular
+PageSpecs glob patterns, but instead only by a special `internal()`
+[[ikiwiki/PageSpec]].
+

 ## RCS plugins
 
 ikiwiki's support for [[revision_control_systems|rcs]] also uses pluggable
 ## RCS plugins
 
 ikiwiki's support for [[revision_control_systems|rcs]] also uses pluggable