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diff --git a/libgo/go/os/doc.go b/libgo/go/os/doc.go
index ef857c0429f..6a531e0d74e 100644
--- a/libgo/go/os/doc.go
+++ b/libgo/go/os/doc.go
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 package os
 
+import "time"
+
 // FindProcess looks for a running process by its pid.
 // The Process it returns can be used to obtain information
 // about the underlying operating system process.
@@ -11,6 +13,76 @@ func FindProcess(pid int) (p *Process, err error) {
 	return findProcess(pid)
 }
 
+// StartProcess starts a new process with the program, arguments and attributes
+// specified by name, argv and attr.
+//
+// StartProcess is a low-level interface. The os/exec package provides
+// higher-level interfaces.
+//
+// If there is an error, it will be of type *PathError.
+func StartProcess(name string, argv []string, attr *ProcAttr) (*Process, error) {
+	return startProcess(name, argv, attr)
+}
+
+// Release releases any resources associated with the Process p,
+// rendering it unusable in the future.
+// Release only needs to be called if Wait is not.
+func (p *Process) Release() error {
+	return p.release()
+}
+
+// Kill causes the Process to exit immediately.
+func (p *Process) Kill() error {
+	return p.kill()
+}
+
+// Wait waits for the Process to exit, and then returns a
+// ProcessState describing its status and an error, if any.
+// Wait releases any resources associated with the Process.
+func (p *Process) Wait() (*ProcessState, error) {
+	return p.wait()
+}
+
+// Signal sends a signal to the Process.
+func (p *Process) Signal(sig Signal) error {
+	return p.signal(sig)
+}
+
+// UserTime returns the user CPU time of the exited process and its children.
+func (p *ProcessState) UserTime() time.Duration {
+	return p.userTime()
+}
+
+// SystemTime returns the system CPU time of the exited process and its children.
+func (p *ProcessState) SystemTime() time.Duration {
+	return p.systemTime()
+}
+
+// Exited returns whether the program has exited.
+func (p *ProcessState) Exited() bool {
+	return p.exited()
+}
+
+// Success reports whether the program exited successfully,
+// such as with exit status 0 on Unix.
+func (p *ProcessState) Success() bool {
+	return p.success()
+}
+
+// Sys returns system-dependent exit information about
+// the process.  Convert it to the appropriate underlying
+// type, such as syscall.WaitStatus on Unix, to access its contents.
+func (p *ProcessState) Sys() interface{} {
+	return p.sys()
+}
+
+// SysUsage returns system-dependent resource usage information about
+// the exited process.  Convert it to the appropriate underlying
+// type, such as *syscall.Rusage on Unix, to access its contents.
+func (p *ProcessState) SysUsage() interface{} {
+	return p.sysUsage()
+}
+
 // Hostname returns the host name reported by the kernel.
 func Hostname() (name string, err error) {
 	return hostname()