diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index ff4ac52b..5c40f89e 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ export(outpack_location_rename)
 export(outpack_log)
 export(outpack_log_debug)
 export(outpack_log_info)
+export(outpack_log_read)
 export(outpack_log_trace)
 export(outpack_metadata)
 export(outpack_metadata_read)
diff --git a/man/orderly_global_resource.Rd b/man/orderly_global_resource.Rd
index 49b4c073..a1661cc7 100644
--- a/man/orderly_global_resource.Rd
+++ b/man/orderly_global_resource.Rd
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 \alias{orderly_global_resource}
 \title{Copy global resources into a packet directory}
 \usage{
-orderly_global_resource(...)
+orderly_global_resource(..., overwrite = TRUE)
 }
 \arguments{
 \item{...}{Named arguments corresponding to global resources to
diff --git a/man/outpack_copy_files.Rd b/man/outpack_copy_files.Rd
index 858b6349..6eb472c7 100644
--- a/man/outpack_copy_files.Rd
+++ b/man/outpack_copy_files.Rd
@@ -4,7 +4,14 @@
 \alias{outpack_copy_files}
 \title{Copy files from a packet}
 \usage{
-outpack_copy_files(id, files, dest, allow_remote = FALSE, root = NULL)
+outpack_copy_files(
+  id,
+  files,
+  dest,
+  allow_remote = FALSE,
+  overwrite = TRUE,
+  root = NULL
+)
 }
 \arguments{
 \item{id}{Optionally, an outpack id via \link{outpack_id}. If
@@ -29,6 +36,10 @@ that this does add the downloaded file into your file store,
 though associated with no packet so that it is subject to
 garbage collection (once we write support for that).}
 
+\item{overwrite}{Overwrite files at the destination; this is
+typically what you want, but set to \code{FALSE} if you would prefer
+that an error be thrown if the destination file already exists.}
+
 \item{root}{The outpack root. Will be searched for from the
 current directory if not given.}
 }
diff --git a/man/outpack_packet.Rd b/man/outpack_packet.Rd
index 6ff398c9..9ec4c3cd 100644
--- a/man/outpack_packet.Rd
+++ b/man/outpack_packet.Rd
@@ -25,7 +25,13 @@ outpack_packet_end(packet, insert = TRUE)
 
 outpack_packet_run(packet, script, envir = .GlobalEnv)
 
-outpack_packet_use_dependency(packet, query, files, search_options = NULL)
+outpack_packet_use_dependency(
+  packet,
+  query,
+  files,
+  search_options = NULL,
+  overwrite = TRUE
+)
 
 outpack_packet_add_custom(packet, application, data, schema = NULL)
 }
@@ -89,6 +95,10 @@ add a slash if this is what you intended.}
 \item{search_options}{Optional search options for restricting the
 search (see \link{outpack_search} for details)}
 
+\item{overwrite}{Overwrite files at the destination; this is
+typically what you want, but set to \code{FALSE} if you would prefer
+that an error be thrown if the destination file already exists.}
+
 \item{application}{The name of the application (used to organise
 the data and query it later, see Details)}