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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>