what I meant

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diff --git a/doc/ikiwiki/directive/pagestats.mdwn b/doc/ikiwiki/directive/pagestats.mdwn
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--- a/doc/ikiwiki/directive/pagestats.mdwn
+++ b/doc/ikiwiki/directive/pagestats.mdwn
@@ -4,22 +4,46 @@ This directive can generate stats about how pages link to each other. It can
 produce either a tag cloud, or a table counting the number of links to each
 page.
 
 produce either a tag cloud, or a table counting the number of links to each
 page.
 

-Here's how to use it to create a [[tag]] cloud:
+Here's how to use it to create a [[tag]] cloud, with tags sized based
+on frequency of use:

 
        \[[!pagestats pages="tags/*"]]
 
 
        \[[!pagestats pages="tags/*"]]
 

+Here's how to create a list of tags, sized by use as they would be in a
+cloud.
+       
+       \[[!pagestats style="list" pages="tags/*"]]
+

 And here's how to create a table of all the pages on the wiki:
 
        \[[!pagestats style="table"]]
 
 And here's how to create a table of all the pages on the wiki:
 
        \[[!pagestats style="table"]]
 

-The optional `among` parameter limits counting to pages that match a
-[[ikiwiki/PageSpec]]. For instance, to display a cloud of tags used on blog
-entries, you could use:
+The optional `among` parameter limits the pages whose outgoing links are
+considered. For instance, to display a cloud of tags used on blog
+entries, while ignoring other pages that use those tags, you could use:

 
        \[[!pagestats pages="tags/*" among="blog/posts/*"]]
 
 
        \[[!pagestats pages="tags/*" among="blog/posts/*"]]
 

-or to display a cloud of tags related to Linux, you could use:
+Or to display a cloud of tags related to Linux, you could use:
+
+       \[[!pagestats pages="tags/* and !tags/linux" among="tagged(linux)"]]
+
+The optional `limit` parameter limits display to the specified number of
+pages. For instance, to show a table of the top ten pages with the most
+links:
+
+       \[[!pagestats style="table" limit="10"]]
+
+In older versions of IkiWiki this parameter was called `show`;
+that name still works, if its value is numeric.
+
+The optional `class` parameter can be used to control the class
+of the generated tag cloud `div` or page stats `table`.
+
+By default, the names of pages are shown. The `show` parameter
+can be used (with a non-numeric value) to show the titles or descriptions
+of pages instead (as set by the [[meta]] directive). For example:

 
 

-       \[[!pagestats pages="tags/* and not tags/linux" among="tagged(linux)"]]
+       \[[!pagestats pages="tags/*" show="title"]]

 
 [[!meta robots="noindex, follow"]]
 
 [[!meta robots="noindex, follow"]]