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diff --git a/grml-debootstrap b/grml-debootstrap
index dba6434..d15849d 100755
--- a/grml-debootstrap
+++ b/grml-debootstrap
@@ -116,10 +116,12 @@ Bootstrap options:
 
 Options for Virtual Machine deployment:
 
-      --vm               Set up a Virtual Machine, instead of plainly installing
-                         to a partition or directory, to be combined with --target,
-                         like: --vm --target /dev/mapper/your-vm-disk
-      --vmfile           Like --vm, but install into a file (raw format).
+      --vm               Set up a Virtual Machine on an existing block device
+                         instead of plainly installing to a partition or
+                         directory. Needs to be combined with --target.
+                         Example: --vm --target /dev/mapper/your-vm-disk
+      --vmfile           Like --vm, but install into a regular file (created by
+                         'qemu-img create -f raw ...') instead.
                          Example: --vmfile --target /mnt/sda1/qemu.img
       --vmsize <size>    Use specified size for size of VM file (default: 2G).
                          Syntax as supported by qemu-img, like: --vmsize 3G
@@ -1121,8 +1123,6 @@ prepare_vm() {
   LOOP_PART="$(echo "${DEVINFO##add map }" | sed 's/ .*//')" # 'loop1p1'
   export TARGET="/dev/mapper/$LOOP_PART" # '/dev/mapper/loop1p1'
 
-  blockdev --rereadpt "${LOOP}"
-
   if [ -z "$TARGET" ] ; then
      eerror "Error: target could not be set to according /dev/mapper/* device." ; eend 1
      bailout 1