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diff --git a/share/man/man5/xfs.5 b/share/man/man5/xfs.5
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@@ -66,13 +66,23 @@ port contains the
.Cm mkfs.xfs
utility for
creating XFS file systems, and also other utilities for analyzing,
-and repairing XFS file systems.
+and repairing XFS file systems.
.Sh CAVEATS
The port of XFS to
.Fx
is currently incomplete.
Only read-only access is supported for XFS volumes.
Writing to a volume is not supported.
+.Pp
+The
+.Fl p
+flag to
+.Cm mkfs.xfs
+can be used to create an XFS file system which is populated with files
+and other metadata.
+This can be used to quickly create a read-only file system which
+can be tested on
+.Fx .
.Sh HISTORY
XFS was originally written by SGI for the IRIX operating system.
SGI ported XFS to Linux, and released the source code under the GNU
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