ChangeLog, mke2fs.8.in, mke2fs.c:
  mke2fs.c (PRS): Allow the user to specify exactly how many inodes
  	he/she wishes.

diff --git a/misc/mke2fs.8.in b/misc/mke2fs.8.in
index cad2540..df8cc99 100644
--- a/misc/mke2fs.8.in
+++ b/misc/mke2fs.8.in
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@
 .I bytes-per-inode
 ]
 [
+.B \-N
+.I number-of-inodes
+]
+[
 .B \-m
 .I reserved-blocks-percentage
 ]
@@ -105,6 +109,12 @@
 .I bytes-per-inode
 must be at least 1024.
 .TP
+.I -N number-of-inodes
+overrides the default calculation of the number of inodes that should be 
+reserved for the filesystem (which is based on the number of blocks and 
+the bytes-per-inode ratio).  This allows the user to specify the number 
+of desired inodes directly.
+.TP
 .I -l filename
 Read the bad blocks list from
 .I filename.