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diff --git a/doc/manual/builtins.xml b/doc/manual/builtins.xml
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@@ -302,6 +302,18 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.hashString</function>
+ <replaceable>type</replaceable> <replaceable>s</replaceable></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Return a base-16 representation of the
+ cryptographic hash of string <replaceable>s</replaceable>. The
+ hash algorithm specified by <replaceable>type</replaceable> must
+ be one of <literal>"md5"</literal>, <literal>"sha1"</literal> or
+ <literal>"sha256"</literal>.</para></listitem>
+
+ </varlistentry>
+
+
<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.head</function>
<replaceable>list</replaceable></term>