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diff --git a/share/man/man9/mbuf.9 b/share/man/man9/mbuf.9
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@@ -643,6 +643,10 @@ are contiguous and lay in the data area of
.Fa mbuf ,
so they are accessible with
.Fn mtod mbuf type .
+It is important to remember that this may involve
+reallocating some mbufs and moving data so all pointers
+referencing data within the old mbuf chain
+must be recalculated or made invalid.
Return the new
.Vt mbuf chain
on success,
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