diff --git a/src/docs/man/import-args.txt b/src/docs/man/import-args.txt
index d2da92ed..259c5cf5 100644
--- a/src/docs/man/import-args.txt
+++ b/src/docs/man/import-args.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 Import control options
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
+--append::
+  Append data to an existing HDFS dataset
+
 --as-sequencefile::
   Imports data to SequenceFiles
 
@@ -30,6 +33,9 @@ Import control options
 --table (table-name)::
   The table to read (required)
 
+--target-dir (dir)::
+  Explicit HDFS target directory for the import.
+
 --warehouse-dir (dir)::
   Tables are uploaded to the HDFS path +/warehouse/dir/(tablename)/+
 
diff --git a/src/docs/man/sqoop-import.txt b/src/docs/man/sqoop-import.txt
index cf33b990..e6b9e1d5 100644
--- a/src/docs/man/sqoop-import.txt
+++ b/src/docs/man/sqoop-import.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ include::common-args.txt[]
 Import control options
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
+--append::
+  Append data to an existing HDFS dataset
+
 --as-sequencefile::
   Imports data to SequenceFiles
 
@@ -55,6 +58,9 @@ Import control options
 --table (table-name)::
   The table to read (required)
 
+--target-dir (dir)::
+  Explicit HDFS target directory for the import.
+
 --warehouse-dir (dir)::
   Tables are uploaded to the HDFS path +/warehouse/dir/(tablename)/+
 
diff --git a/src/docs/user/import.txt b/src/docs/user/import.txt
index ed34ae3c..5cbce045 100644
--- a/src/docs/user/import.txt
+++ b/src/docs/user/import.txt
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ include::connecting.txt[]
 `-----------------------------`--------------------------------------
 Argument                      Description
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
++\--append+                   Append data to an existing dataset\
+                              in HDFS
 +\--as-sequencefile+          Imports data to SequenceFiles
 +\--as-textfile+              Imports data as plain text (default)
 +\--columns <col,col,col...>+ Columns to import from table
@@ -63,6 +65,7 @@ Argument                      Description
 +\--split-by <column-name>+   Column of the table used to split work\
                               units
 +\--table <table-name>+       Table to read
++\--target-dir <dir>+         HDFS destination dir
 +\--warehouse-dir <dir>+      HDFS parent for table destination
 +\--where <where clause>+     WHERE clause to use during import
 +-z,\--compress+              Enable compression
@@ -170,6 +173,16 @@ $ sqoop import --connnect <connect-str> --table foo --warehouse-dir /shared \
 
 This command would write to a set of files in the +/shared/foo/+ directory.
 
+You can also explicitly choose the target directory, like so:
+
+----
+$ sqoop import --connnect <connect-str> --table foo --target-dir /dest \
+    ...
+----
+
+This will import the files into the +/dest+ directory. +\--target-dir+ is
+incompatible with +\--warehouse-dir+.
+
 When using direct mode, you can specify additional arguments which
 should be passed to the underlying tool. If the argument
 +\--+ is given on the command-line, then subsequent arguments are sent
@@ -181,6 +194,13 @@ $ sqoop import --connect jdbc:mysql://server.foo.com/db --table bar \
     --direct -- --default-character-set=latin1
 ----
 
+By default, imports go to a new target location. If the destination directory
+already exists in HDFS, Sqoop will refuse to import and overwrite that
+directory's contents. If you use the +\--append+ argument, Sqoop will import
+data to a temporary directory and then rename the files into the normal
+target directory in a manner that does not conflict with existing filenames
+in that directory.
+
 File Formats
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
@@ -494,4 +514,12 @@ $ hadoop fs -cat EMPLOYEES/part-m-00000 | head -n 10
 ...
 ----
 
+Performing an incremental import of new data, after having already
+imported the first 100,000 rows of a table:
+
+----
+$ sqoop import --connect jdbc:mysql://db.foo.com/somedb --table sometable \
+    --where "id > 100000" --target-dir /incremental_dataset --append
+----
+