diff --git a/man7/inotify.7 b/man7/inotify.7
index ed52453f9..5c2597bb3 100644
--- a/man7/inotify.7
+++ b/man7/inotify.7
@@ -743,7 +743,14 @@ returned by the current call to
 and the accompanying
 .B IN_MOVED_TO
 event might be fetched only on the next
-.BR read (2).
+.BR read (2),
+which should be done with a (small) timeout to allow for the fact that
+insertion of the
+.BR IN_MOVED_FROM - IN_MOVED_TO
+event pair is not atomic,
+and also the possibility that there may not be any
+.B IN_MOVED_TO
+event.
 .SH BUGS
 .\" FIXME kernel commit 611da04f7a31b2208e838be55a42c7a1310ae321
 .\" implies that unmount events were buggy 2.6.11 to 2.6.36