diff --git a/sys/include/bio.h b/sys/include/bio.h
index 2a874de31..2c5cdc8cf 100644
--- a/sys/include/bio.h
+++ b/sys/include/bio.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ struct	Biobufhdr
 	uchar*	gbuf;		/* pointer to good data in buf */
 	void	(*errorf)(char *);	/* called on error if not nil */
 	int	(*iof)(Biobufhdr*, void *, long);	/* called to do i/o */
+	void	*aux;		/* user data */
 };
 
 struct	Biobuf
diff --git a/sys/man/2/bio b/sys/man/2/bio
index b62a5877d..8c63870cb 100644
--- a/sys/man/2/bio
+++ b/sys/man/2/bio
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .TH BIO 2
 .SH NAME
-Bopen, Bfdopen, Binit, Binits, Brdline, Brdstr, Bgetc, Bgetrune, Bgetd, Bungetc, Bungetrune, Bread, Bseek, Boffset, Bfildes, Blinelen, Bputc, Bputrune, Bprint, Bvprint, Bwrite, Bflush, Bterm, Bbuffered, Blethal \- buffered input/output
+Bopen, Bfdopen, Binit, Binits, Brdline, Brdstr, Bgetc, Bgetrune, Bgetd, Bungetc, Bungetrune, Bread, Bseek, Boffset, Bfildes, Blinelen, Bputc, Bputrune, Bprint, Bvprint, Bwrite, Bflush, Bterm, Bbuffered, Blethal, Biofn \- buffered input/output
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .ta \w'Biobuf* 'u
 .B #include <u.h>
@@ -9,6 +9,16 @@ Bopen, Bfdopen, Binit, Binits, Brdline, Brdstr, Bgetc, Bgetrune, Bgetd, Bungetc,
 .br
 .B #include <bio.h>
 .PP
+.ft L
+.nf
+.ta \w'    'u +\w'    'u +\w'    'u +\w'    'u +\w'    'u
+typedef struct Biobufhdr	Biobufhdr;
+struct Biobufhdr {
+	void	*aux;		/* user data */
+	...			/* internals */
+};
+.fi
+.PP
 .B
 Biobuf* Bopen(char *file, int mode)
 .PP