diff --git a/man2/mkdir.2 b/man2/mkdir.2 index 1432f3ade..a5c0871ed 100644 --- a/man2/mkdir.2 +++ b/man2/mkdir.2 @@ -51,11 +51,12 @@ attempts to create a directory named The argument .I mode -specifies the permissions to use. +specifies the file mode for the new directory (see +.BR stat (2)). It is modified by the process's .I umask -in the usual way: in the absence of a default ACL, the permissions of the -created directory are +in the usual way: in the absence of a default ACL, the mode of the +created directory is .RI ( mode " & ~" umask " & 0777)." Other mode bits of the created directory depend on the operating system. For Linux, see below.