diff --git a/shared_ptr.htm b/shared_ptr.htm
index dc0c2cb..1333f73 100644
--- a/shared_ptr.htm
+++ b/shared_ptr.htm
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ void bad()
 
   template&lt;typename T&gt; void <A href="#free-swap" >swap</A>(shared_ptr&lt;T&gt; &amp; a, shared_ptr&lt;T&gt; &amp; b); // never throws
 
+  template&lt;typename T&gt; T * <A href="#get_pointer" >get_pointer</A>(shared_ptr&lt;T&gt; const &amp; p); // never throws
+
   template&lt;typename T, typename U&gt;
     shared_ptr&lt;T&gt; <A href="#shared_static_cast" >shared_static_cast</A>(shared_ptr&lt;U&gt; const &amp; r); // never throws
   template&lt;typename T, typename U&gt;
@@ -424,7 +426,7 @@ q = p;
 		<P><EM>The rest of the comparison operators are omitted by design.]</EM></P>
 		<h3><a name="free-swap">swap</a></h3>
 		<pre>template&lt;typename T&gt;
-  void swap(shared_ptr&lt;T&gt; &amp; a, shared_ptr&lt;T&gt; &amp; b) // never throws</pre>
+  void swap(shared_ptr&lt;T&gt; &amp; a, shared_ptr&lt;T&gt; &amp; b); // never throws</pre>
 		<BLOCKQUOTE>
 			<P><B>Effects:</B> Equivalent to <code>a.swap(b)</code>.</P>
 			<P><B>Throws:</B> nothing.</P>
@@ -434,6 +436,15 @@ q = p;
 		<P><EM>[<STRONG>swap</STRONG> is defined in the same namespace as <STRONG>shared_ptr</STRONG>
 				as this is currently the only legal way to supply a <STRONG>swap</STRONG> function 
 				that has a chance to be used by the standard library.]</EM></P>
+		<h3><a name="get_pointer">get_pointer</a></h3>
+		<pre>template&lt;typename T&gt;
+  T * get_pointer(shared_ptr&lt;T&gt; const &amp; p); // never throws</pre>
+		<BLOCKQUOTE>
+			<P><B>Returns:</B> <code>p.get()</code>.</P>
+			<P><B>Throws:</B> nothing.</P>
+			<P><B>Notes:</B> Provided as an aid to generic programming. Used by <A href="../bind/mem_fn.html">
+					mem_fn</A>.</P>
+		</BLOCKQUOTE>
 		<h3><a name="shared_static_cast">shared_static_cast</a></h3>
 		<pre>template&lt;typename T, typename U&gt;
   shared_ptr&lt;T&gt; shared_static_cast(shared_ptr&lt;U&gt; const &amp; r); // never throws</pre>
@@ -634,7 +645,7 @@ int * p = a.release();
 			implementation or a linked list implementation, or some other specific 
 			implementation. This is not the intent.</p>
 		<hr>
-		<p>Revised <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B %Y" startspan --> 
+		<p>Revised <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B %Y" startspan -->
 			23 July 2002<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" i-checksum="38439" endspan --></p>
 		<p>Copyright 1999 Greg Colvin and Beman Dawes. Copyright 2002 Darin Adler. 
 			Copyright 2002 Peter Dimov. Permission to copy, use, modify, sell and