diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 1eceae39..12477fec 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-- VipsFormat.3 man page should list all formats, since eg. radiance does not
-  have a separate im_rad2vips page
-
-  also matlab read
 
 - wrap im_gauss_mask_line or whatever it's called in C++/Python?
 
diff --git a/man/Makefile.am b/man/Makefile.am
index ab45f72e..5f3ceed4 100644
--- a/man/Makefile.am
+++ b/man/Makefile.am
@@ -517,6 +517,7 @@ man_MANS = \
 	im_vips2mimejpeg.3 \
 	im_vips2png.3 \
 	im_vips2ppm.3 \
+	im_vips2raw.3 \
 	im_vips2tiff.3 \
 	im_warn.3 \
 	im_wrapmany.3 \
diff --git a/man/VipsFormat.3 b/man/VipsFormat.3
index 9293ef1b..593ce48d 100644
--- a/man/VipsFormat.3
+++ b/man/VipsFormat.3
@@ -84,18 +84,20 @@ first on
 .B im_open(3)
 and delay loading pixels until asked. If you leave this NULL, vips will just
 use the 
-.B load 
+.B load()
 function.
 
 .B load()
 Load the image from the file into the IMAGE. You can leave this function NULL
 if you only have a 
 .B save()
-method implemented.
+method implemented. Load options may be embedded in the filename, see the
+loaders below.
 
 .B save()
 Write from the IMAGE to the file in this format. You can leave this function
-NULL if you only have a load method implemented.
+NULL if you only have a load method implemented. Save options may be embedded
+in the filename, see the savers below.
 
 .B get_flags()
 A function which examines the file and sets various flags to indicate
@@ -137,6 +139,31 @@ error, it returns non-zero and sets an error message.
 is a convenience function which copies the image to the file in the
 appropriate format. On error, it returns non-zero and sets an error message.
 
+.SH SUPPORTED FORMATS
+
+See the following manpages for details on each of the converters and the
+options they implement. 
+
+.B im_analyze2vips(3)
+.B im_csv2vips(3)
+.B im_exr2vips(3)
+.B im_jpeg2vips(3)
+.B im_magick2vips(3)
+.B im_png2vips(3)
+.B im_ppm2vips(3)
+.B im_tiff2vips(3)
+.B im_vips2csv(3)
+.B im_vips2jpeg(3)
+.B im_vips2png(3)
+.B im_vips2ppm(3)
+.B im_vips2tiff(3)
+
+You can also load Matlab .mat files and load or save Radiance HDR files. See 
+.B im_binfile(3) 
+and
+.B im_raw2vips(3)
+for RAW file read.
+
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 The functions return 0 success and -1 on error.
 .SH SEE ALSO
diff --git a/man/im_raw2vips.3 b/man/im_raw2vips.3
index e50d822a..13a80525 100644
--- a/man/im_raw2vips.3
+++ b/man/im_raw2vips.3
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .TH IM_RAW2VIPS 3 "4 August 2005"
 .SH NAME
-im_raw2vips \- wrap a raw binary file inside an IMAGE descriptor
+im_raw2vips, im_vips2raw \- wrap a raw binary file inside an IMAGE descriptor
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B #include <vips/vips.h>
 
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ im_raw2vips( const char *filename, IMAGE *out,
 .br
 	int width, int height, int bpp, int offset )
 
+int
+.br
+im_vips2raw( IMAGE *in, int fd )
+
+
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B im_raw2vips(3)
 mmaps the file named, setting image 
@@ -22,6 +27,10 @@ Use functions like
 .B im_copy_morph(3)
 to set the pixel type, byte ordering and so on.
 
+.B im_vips2raw(3)
+writes the pixels in the IMAGE to the file descriptor. It's handy for writing
+writers for other formats.
+
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 The functions return NULL on error.
 .SH SEE ALSO
diff --git a/man/im_vips2raw.3 b/man/im_vips2raw.3
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a3d5b7b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/im_vips2raw.3
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.so man3/im_raw2vips.3