diff --git a/man7/inotify.7 b/man7/inotify.7
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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
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-.TH INOTIFY 7 2010-11-12 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH INOTIFY 7 2011-12-07 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 inotify \- monitoring file system events
 .SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ allows the resulting pair of
 and
 .B IN_MOVE_TO
 events to be connected by the application.
+For all other event types,
+.I cookie
+is set to 0.
 
 The
 .I name