diff --git a/man2/flock.2 b/man2/flock.2
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@@ -239,6 +239,31 @@ see the discussion of the
 .I "local_lock"
 option in
 .BR nfs (5).
+.SS CIFS details
+In Linux kernels up to 5.4,
+.BR flock ()
+is not propagated over SMB.
+A file with such locks will not appear locked for remote clients.
+.PP
+Since Linux 5.5,
+.BR flock ()
+locks are emulated with SMB byte-range locks on the entire file.
+Similarly to NFS, this means that
+.BR fcntl (2)
+and
+.BR flock ()
+locks interact with one another.
+Another important side-effect is that the locks are not advisory anymore:
+any IO on a locked file will always fail with
+.BR EACCES
+when done from a separate file descriptor.
+This difference originates from the design of locks in the SMB protocol,
+which provides mandatory locking semantics.
+.PP
+Remote and mandatory locking semantics may vary with SMB protocol, mount options and server type.
+See
+.BR mount.cifs (8)
+for additional information.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR flock (1),
 .BR close (2),