diff --git a/man7/netlink.7 b/man7/netlink.7
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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 .\" Based on the original comments from Alexey Kuznetsov
 .\" Modified 2005-12-27 by Hasso Tepper <hasso@estpak.ee>
 .\" $Id: netlink.7,v 1.8 2000/06/22 13:23:00 ak Exp $
-.TH NETLINK  7 2008-11-11 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH NETLINK  7 2012-04-14 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 netlink \- Communication between kernel and userspace (AF_NETLINK)
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -343,6 +343,16 @@ Only processes with an effective UID of 0 or the
 capability may send or listen to a netlink multicast group.
 Any replies to a message received for a multicast group should be
 sent back to the sending PID and the multicast group.
+Some Linux kernel subsystems may additionally allow other users
+to send and/or receive messages.
+As at Linux 3.0, the 
+.BR NETLINK_KOBJECT_UEVENT , 
+.BR NETLINK_GENERIC ,
+.BR NETLINK_ROUTE , 
+and 
+.BR NETLINK_SELINUX 
+groups allow other users to receive messages.
+No groups allow other users to send messages.
 .SH VERSIONS
 The socket interface to netlink is a new feature of Linux 2.2.