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-rw-r--r--sys-utils/mount.84
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/sys-utils/mount.8 b/sys-utils/mount.8
index ad122076a..c6089a7ad 100644
--- a/sys-utils/mount.8
+++ b/sys-utils/mount.8
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ This tells the kernel to attach the filesystem found on
.IR type )
at the directory
.IR dir .
+The option \fB\-t \fItype\fR is optional. The
+.B mount
+command is usually able to detect a filesystem. The root permissions are necessary
+to mount a filesystem by default. See section "Non-superuser mounts" below for more details.
The previous contents (if any) and owner and mode of
.I dir
become invisible, and as long as this filesystem remains mounted,