diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
   * [Hooks, Callbacks & Plugins](docs/plugins.md#hooks-callbacks--plugins)
 * [Rebooting & Halting](#rebooting--halting)
 * [Commands & Status](#commands--status)
+* [Tips & Tricks with the kernel cmdline](docs/cmdline.md)
 * [Building](docs/build.md#building)
   * [Running](docs/build.md#running)
   * [Recovery](docs/build.md#recovery)
diff --git a/docs/Makefile.am b/docs/Makefile.am
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 docsdir   := @docdir@/docs
 docs_DATA  = config.md conditions.md distro.md inetd.md plugins.md	\
-	     service.md signals.md svc-machine.png
+	     service.md signals.md svc-machine.png cmdline.md
 EXTRA_DIST = $(docs_DATA)
diff --git a/docs/cmdline.md b/docs/cmdline.md
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+Tips & Tricks with the kernel cmdline
+=====================================
+
+This document summarizes the different boot parameters that can be
+passed on the Linux kernel command line.  Not just limited to Finit.
+
+* `debug`, or `--debug`  
+    Enable debug mode.  The former syntax also enable kernel debug, and
+    the latter only in Finit.  Debug messages are printed to the console
+    until a syslog daemon has been started.
+
+* `init=/bin/sh`  
+    Bypass system default init and tell kernel to start a shell.  Note,
+	this shell is very limited and does not support signals and has no
+	job control.  Recommend using, and modifying, `rescue` mode instead.
+
+* `panic=SEC`  
+    By default the kernel does not reboot after a kernel panic.  This
+    setting will cause a kernel reboot after SEC seconds.
+
+* `quiet`  
+    Suppress kernel logging to console, except for warnings and errors.
+
+* `rescue`  
+    Start Finit rescue mode; no network, no `fsck` of file systems in
+    `/etc/fstab`, no `/etc/rc.local`, no `runparts`.  The configuration
+    is read from `/etc/rescue.conf`, can be modified by the operator.
+
+* `single`, or `S`  
+    Single user mode, runlevel 1, in Finit.  Useful to debug problems with
+    the regular runlevel.  All services and TTYs in `[1]` will be started,
+    so a `tty [1] @console nologin` configuration presents you with a
+    root console without login.
+
+* `splash`  
+    Display Finit splash screen with progress at bootstrap and shutdown.
+
+For more on kernel boot paramaters, see the man page `bootparam(7)`.