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syscalls.2: Note that the 5.x series followed 4.20 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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@ -135,8 +135,9 @@ and new system calls may appear in each 2.6.x release.
In this case, the exact version number where the system call appeared
is shown.
This convention continues with the 3.x kernel series,
which followed on from kernel 2.6.39, and the 4.x kernel series,
which followed on from kernel 3.19.
which followed on from kernel 2.6.39; and the 4.x kernel series,
which followed on from kernel 3.19; and the 5.x kernel series,
which followed on from kernel 4.20.
.IP *
In some cases, a system call was added to a stable kernel
series after it branched from the previous stable kernel