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diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/open.2 b/lib/libc/sys/open.2
index 041f9dc..41a6c64 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/open.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/open.2
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
.\" @(#)open.2 8.2 (Berkeley) 11/16/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd March 25, 2011
+.Dd February 7, 2013
.Dt OPEN 2
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -244,6 +244,17 @@ It returns \-1 on failure.
The file pointer used to mark the current position within the
file is set to the beginning of the file.
.Pp
+If a sleeping open of a device node from
+.Xr devfs 5
+is interrupted by a signal, the call always fails with
+.Er EINTR ,
+even if the
+.Dv SA_RESTART
+flag is set for the signal.
+A sleeping open of a fifo (see
+.Xr mkfifo 2 )
+is restarted as normal.
+.Pp
When a new file is created it is given the group of the directory
which contains it.
.Pp
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