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-rw-r--r--lib/libc/nls/catopen.36
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diff --git a/lib/libc/nls/catopen.3 b/lib/libc/nls/catopen.3
index 45af7ca..17958f6 100644
--- a/lib/libc/nls/catopen.3
+++ b/lib/libc/nls/catopen.3
@@ -78,6 +78,12 @@ is set to 0, the
.Ev LANG
environment variable
determines the message catalog locale.
+.Pp
+A message catalog descriptor
+remains valid in a process until that process closes it, or a
+successful call to one of the
+.Xr exec 3
+functions.
.Sh RETURN VALUE
Upon successful completion,
.Fn catopen
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