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diff --git a/sbin/mount_msdos/mount_msdos.8 b/sbin/mount_msdos/mount_msdos.8
index 63293d8..d6bd154 100644
--- a/sbin/mount_msdos/mount_msdos.8
+++ b/sbin/mount_msdos/mount_msdos.8
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" $Id: mount_msdos.8,v 1.1 1994/09/19 15:30:34 dfr Exp $
+.\" $Id: mount_msdos.8,v 1.2 1994/11/19 17:55:35 nate Exp $
.\"
.Dd April 7, 1994
.Dt MOUNT_MSDOS 8
@@ -100,6 +100,14 @@ of MS-DOS later than version 3.3.
The limitations on file names imposed by MS-DOS are strange, at best.
For instance, they are
limited to single-case, 8 character names with 3 character extensions.
+.Pp
+If you see the warning:
+.Pp
+mountmsdosfs(): Warning: root directory is not a multiple of the clustersize in length
+.Pp
+then it is possible that writing to the MS-DOS filesystem would
+produce corruption on the disk. This is a shortcoming in the code
+which needs to be addressed.
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm mount_msdos
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