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+require 'puppet/reports'
+
+report = Puppet::Util::Reference.newreference :report, :doc => "All available transaction reports" do
+    Puppet::Reports.reportdocs
+end
+
+report.header = "
+Puppet clients can report back to the server after each transaction.  This
+transaction report is sent as a YAML dump of the
+``Puppet::Transaction::Report`` class and includes every log message that was
+generated during the transaction along with as many metrics as Puppet knows how
+to collect.  See `ReportsAndReporting Reports and Reporting`:trac:
+for more information on how to use reports.
+
+Currently, clients default to not sending in reports; you can enable reporting
+by setting the ``report`` parameter to true.
+
+To use a report, set the ``reports`` parameter on the server; multiple
+reports must be comma-separated.  You can also specify ``none`` to disable
+reports entirely.
+
+Puppet provides multiple report handlers that will process client reports:
+"