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diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/ptrace.2 b/lib/libc/sys/ptrace.2
index 18683fa..a8910d7 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/ptrace.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/ptrace.2
@@ -278,6 +278,25 @@ it loads the traced process's debug registers from the
.In machine/reg.h )
pointed to by
.Fa addr .
+.It Dv PT_LWPINFO
+This request can be used to obtain information about the kernel thread,
+also known as light-weight process, that caused the traced process to stop.
+The
+.Fa addr
+argument specifies a pointer to a
+.Vt "struct ptrace_lwpinfo" ,
+which is defined as follows:
+.Bd -literal
+struct ptrace_lwpinfo {
+ lwpid_t pl_lwpid; /* LWP described. */
+ int pl_event; /* Event received. */
+};
+.Ed
+.Pp
+The
+.Fa data
+argument is to be set to the size of the structure known to the caller.
+This allows the structure to grow without affecting older programs.
.El
.Pp
Additionally, machine-specific requests can exist.
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