diff --git a/xCAT-client/pods/man1/genimage.1.pod b/xCAT-client/pods/man1/genimage.1.pod
index d6de32b9e..79999f254 100644
--- a/xCAT-client/pods/man1/genimage.1.pod
+++ b/xCAT-client/pods/man1/genimage.1.pod
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ B<genimage> - Generates a stateless image to be used for a diskless install.
 
 B<genimage>
 
-B<genimage>  B<-o> I<osver> [B<-a> I<arch>] B<-p> I<profile> B<-i> I<nodebootif> B<-n> I<nodenetdrivers> [B<-r> I<otherifaces>] [B<-k> I<kernelver>] [B<-g> I<krpmver>] [B<-m> I<statelite>] [B<-l> I<rootlimitsize>] [B<--permission> I<permission>] [B<--interactive>]
+B<genimage>  B<-o> I<osver> [B<-a> I<arch>] B<-p> I<profile> B<-i> I<nodebootif> B<-n> I<nodenetdrivers> [B<--onlyinitrd>]  [B<-r> I<otherifaces>] [B<-k> I<kernelver>] [B<-g> I<krpmver>] [B<-m> I<statelite>] [B<-l> I<rootlimitsize>] [B<--permission> I<permission>] [B<--interactive>]
 
-B<genimage> [B<-o> I<osver>] [B<-a> I<arch>] [B<-p> I<profile>] [B<-i> I<nodebootif>] [B<-n> I<nodenetdrivers>] [B<-r> I<otherifaces>] [B<-k> I<kernelver>] [B<-g> I<krpmver>] [B<-m> I<statelite>] [B<-l> I<rootlimitsize>] [B<--permission> I<permission>] [B<--interactive>] I<imagename>
+B<genimage> [B<-o> I<osver>] [B<-a> I<arch>] [B<-p> I<profile>] [B<-i> I<nodebootif>] [B<-n> I<nodenetdrivers>] [B<--onlyinitrd>] [B<-r> I<otherifaces>] [B<-k> I<kernelver>] [B<-g> I<krpmver>] [B<-m> I<statelite>] [B<-l> I<rootlimitsize>] [B<--permission> I<permission>] [B<--interactive>] I<imagename>
 
 
 B<genimage> [B<-h> | B<--help> | B<-v> | B<--version>]
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ for statelite: B<liteimg>
 
 Becides prompting for the input for some paramters, the B<genimage> command takes default quesses for the parameters not specified or not defined in the I<osimage> and I<linuximage> tables. It also makes default answers for questions from yum/zypper command when installing rpms into the image. Please use --interactive flag if you want yum/zypper command to prompt you for the answers.  
 
+If B<--onlyinitrd> is specified, only regenerates the initrd for a stateless image to be used for a diskless install.
+
 The B<genimage> command must be run on a system that is the same architecture and same distro with same majar release version as the nodes it will be
 used on.  If the management node is not the same architecture or same distro level, copy the contents of
 /opt/xcat/share/xcat/netboot/<os> to a system that is the proper architecture, and mount /install from
@@ -104,6 +106,17 @@ which may prove important in some cases.
 
 The maximum size allowed for the root file system in the image.  Specify in bytes, or can append k, m, or g.
 
+=item B<--onlyinitrd>
+
+Regenerates the initrd for a stateless image to be used for a diskless install.
+
+
+Regenerates the initrd that is part of a stateless/statelite image that is used to boot xCAT nodes in a stateless/stateli
+te mode.
+The generated initrd will be put in /install/netboot/<OS>/<arch>/<profile>.
+
+The B<genimage --onlyinitrd> command will generate two initial ramdisks, one is B<initrd-statelite.gz> for B<statelite> mode, the other one is B<initrd-stateless.gz> for B<stateless> mode.
+
 =item B<--permission> I<permission>
 
 The mount permission of B</.statelite> directory for B<statelite> mode, which is only used for B<statelite> mode, and the default permission is 755.
@@ -193,6 +206,11 @@ x86_64 and place it in the
 
   genimage myimagename --interactive
 
+=item 9
+
+To regenerate the initrd for a fedora8 image for a compute node architecture x86_64 and place it in the /install/netboot/fedora8/x86_64/compute/rootimg directory:  change directory to /opt/xcat/share/xcat/netboot/fedora and run:
+
+  geninitrd -i eth0 -n tg3,bnx2 -o fedora8 -p compute
 
 =back
 
@@ -206,4 +224,4 @@ x86_64 and place it in the
 
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
-L<geninitrd(1)|geninitrd.1>, L<packimage(1)|packimage.1>, L<liteimg(1)|liteimg.1>
+L<packimage(1)|packimage.1>, L<liteimg(1)|liteimg.1>