diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 18b8fa3..dd39ad2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -65,9 +65,11 @@ Most of these values can be found by stating a file.
 	name: 'path/to/this/entry.txt',
 	size: 1314,        // entry size. defaults to 0
 	mode: 0644,        // entry mode. defaults to to 0755 for dirs and 0644 otherwise
-	mtime: new Date(), // last modified date for entry
-	type: 'file',      // type of entry. can be file|directory|link|block|character|fifo
-	linkname: 'path',  //
+	mtime: new Date(), // last modified date for entry. defaults to now.
+	type: 'file',      // type of entry. defaults to file. can be:
+	                   // file | link | symlink | directory | block-device
+	                   // character-device | fifo | contigious-file
+	linkname: 'path',  // linked file name
 	uid: 0,            // uid of entry owner. defaults to 0
 	gid: 0,            // gid of entry owner. defaults to 0
 	uname: 'maf',      // uname of entry owner. defaults to null
diff --git a/headers.js b/headers.js
index e7b7f30..51a85a1 100644
--- a/headers.js
+++ b/headers.js
@@ -6,14 +6,18 @@ var toType = function(flag) {
 	switch (flag) {
 		case 1:
 		return 'link';
+		case 2:
+		return 'symlink';
 		case 3:
-		return 'character';
+		return 'character-device';
 		case 4:
-		return 'block';
+		return 'block-device';
 		case 5:
 		return 'directory';
 		case 6:
 		return 'fifo';
+		case 7:
+		return 'contiguous-file'
 	}
 	return 'file';
 };
@@ -22,14 +26,18 @@ var toTypeflag = function(flag) {
 	switch (flag) {
 		case 'link':
 		return 1;
-		case 'character':
+		case 'symlink':
+		return 2;
+		case 'character-device':
 		return 3;
-		case 'block':
+		case 'block-device':
 		return 4;
 		case 'directory':
 		return 5;
 		case 'fifo':
 		return 6;
+		case 'contiguous-file':
+		return 7;
 	}
 
 	return 0;