diff --git a/man7/inotify.7 b/man7/inotify.7
index d3e1141f9..e1cabe259 100644
--- a/man7/inotify.7
+++ b/man7/inotify.7
@@ -347,6 +347,9 @@ is \-1 for this event).
 .TP
 .B IN_UNMOUNT
 Filesystem containing watched object was unmounted.
+In addition, an
+.B IN_IGNORED
+event will subsequently be generated for the watch descriptor.
 .RE
 .SS /proc interfaces
 The following interfaces can be used to limit the amount of