diff --git a/man2/access.2 b/man2/access.2 index b21f03aae..bb095c5a5 100644 --- a/man2/access.2 +++ b/man2/access.2 @@ -59,8 +59,10 @@ is a symbolic link permissions of the file referred to by this symbolic link are tested. .I mode -is a mask consisting of one or more of -.BR R_OK ", " W_OK ", " X_OK " and " F_OK . +is either the value +.BR F_OK +or a mask consisting of the bitwise OR of one or more of +.BR R_OK ", " W_OK " and " X_OK . .BR R_OK ", " W_OK " and " X_OK request checking whether the file exists and has read, write and