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-rw-r--r--term-utils/wall.16
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/term-utils/wall.1 b/term-utils/wall.1
index 9bf3b2653..bb5662580 100644
--- a/term-utils/wall.1
+++ b/term-utils/wall.1
@@ -73,6 +73,12 @@ Output version and exit.
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
Output help and exit.
+.SH NOTES
+Some sessions, such as wdm, that has in beginning of
+.BR utmp (5)
+ut_type data ':' character will not get message from
+.BR wall .
+This is done to avoid write errors.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR mesg (1),
.BR talk (1),