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 .\" 2007-05-30 created by mtk, using text from old man.7 plus
 .\" rewrites and additional text.
 .\"
-.TH MAN-PAGES 7 2013-02-24 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH MAN-PAGES 7 2013-03-12 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 man-pages \- conventions for writing Linux man pages
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ ERRORS             [Typically only in Sections 2, 3]
 .\" SECURITY,
 ENVIRONMENT
 FILES
+ATTRIBUTES         [Normally only in Sections 2, 3]
 VERSIONS           [Normally only in Sections 2, 3]
 CONFORMING TO
 NOTES
@@ -328,6 +329,28 @@ as the base.
 .\" section).
 .\" However, please include security information somewhere!
 .TP
+.B ATTRIBUTES
+A summary of various attributes of the function(s) documented on this page,
+broken into subsections.
+The following subsections are defined:
+.sp
+.RS
+.TP
+.B "Multithreading (see pthreads(7))"
+This subsection notes attributes relating to multithreaded applications:
+.RS
+.IP * 3
+Whether the function is thread-safe.
+.IP *
+Whether the function is a cancellation point.
+.IP *
+Whether the function is async-cancel-safe.
+.RE
+.IP
+Details of these attributes can be found in
+.BR pthreads (7).
+.RE
+.TP
 .B VERSIONS
 A brief summary of the Linux kernel or glibc versions where a
 system call or library function appeared,