diff --git a/docs/Makefile b/docs/Makefile
index cb7ed57f..6ddabead 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile
+++ b/docs/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ endif
 GENERATED_SYNOPSIS := 				\
 	proxmox-backup-client/synopsis.rst	\
 	proxmox-backup-manager/synopsis.rst	\
-	backup-protocol-api.rst
+	backup-protocol-api.rst			\
+	reader-protocol-api.rst
 
 MANUAL_PAGES := 			\
 	pxar.1				\
@@ -37,6 +38,10 @@ all: ${MANUAL_PAGES}
 backup-protocol-api.rst: ${COMPILEDIR}/dump-backup-api
 	${COMPILEDIR}/dump-backup-api >$@
 
+# Extract reader protocol docs
+reader-protocol-api.rst: ${COMPILEDIR}/dump-reader-api
+	${COMPILEDIR}/dump-backup-api >$@
+
 # Build manual pages using rst2man
 
 pxar/synopsis.rst: ${COMPILEDIR}/pxar
@@ -80,7 +85,7 @@ epub3: ${GENERATED_SYNOPSIS}
 	@echo "Build finished. The epub3 file is in $(BUILDDIR)/epub3."
 
 clean:
-	rm -r -f *~ *.1 */synopsis.rst ${BUILDDIR} backup-protocol-api.rst
+	rm -r -f *~ *.1 ${BUILDDIR} ${GENERATED_SYNOPSIS}
 
 install: ${MANUAL_PAGES}
 	install -dm755 $(DESTDIR)$(MAN1DIR)
diff --git a/docs/backup-protocol.rst b/docs/backup-protocol.rst
index b8564afa..a2ad2173 100644
--- a/docs/backup-protocol.rst
+++ b/docs/backup-protocol.rst
@@ -1,11 +1,19 @@
 Backup Protocol
 ===============
 
+.. todo:: add introduction to HTTP2 based backup protocols
+
 Backup Protocol API
 -------------------
 
+.. todo:: describe backup writer protocol
 
 .. include:: backup-protocol-api.rst
 
 
-	      
+Reader Protocol API
+-------------------
+
+.. todo:: describe backup reader protocol
+
+.. include:: reader-protocol-api.rst
diff --git a/docs/command-syntax.rst b/docs/command-syntax.rst
index 35262c87..355b81ac 100644
--- a/docs/command-syntax.rst
+++ b/docs/command-syntax.rst
@@ -11,3 +11,8 @@ Command Syntax
 
 .. include:: proxmox-backup-manager/synopsis.rst
 
+``pxar``
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+.. include:: pxar/synopsis.rst
+
diff --git a/src/bin/dump-reader-api.rs b/src/bin/dump-reader-api.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a7748592
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bin/dump-reader-api.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+use failure::*;
+
+use proxmox_backup::api2;
+use proxmox_backup::api_schema::format::*;
+
+fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
+
+    let api = api2::reader::READER_API_ROUTER;
+
+    dump_api(&mut std::io::stdout(), &api, ".", 0)?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}