diff --git a/man7/inotify.7 b/man7/inotify.7 index 3f85772d8..3480c9236 100644 --- a/man7/inotify.7 +++ b/man7/inotify.7 @@ -758,7 +758,9 @@ unread event. As of Linux 3.15, the following bug exists: .\" FIXME https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77111 When a watch descriptor is removed by calling -.BR inotify_rm_watch (2), +.BR inotify_rm_watch (2) +(or because a watch file is deleted or the filesystem +that contains it is unmounted), any pending unread events for that watch descriptor remain available to read. As watch descriptors are subsequently allocated with .BR inotify_add_watch (2),