diff --git a/man2/write.2 b/man2/write.2
index f8a94f3ff..d6e14aaf0 100644
--- a/man2/write.2
+++ b/man2/write.2
@@ -274,6 +274,14 @@ On Linux,
 returning the number of bytes actually transferred.
 .\" commit e28cc71572da38a5a12c1cfe4d7032017adccf69
 (This is true on both 32-bit and 64-bit systems.)
+.PP
+An error return value while performing
+.BR write()
+using direct I/O does not mean the
+entire write has failed. Partial data may be written
+and the data at the file offset on which the
+.BR write()
+was attempted should be considered inconsistent.
 .SH BUGS
 According to POSIX.1-2008/SUSv4 Section XSI 2.9.7
 ("Thread Interactions with Regular File Operations"):