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@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ mkfs \- build a Linux filesystem
.RB [ \-t
.IR type "] [" fs-options ] " device " [ size ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B This mkfs frontend is deprecated in favour of filesystem specific mkfs.<type> utils.
+.PP
.B mkfs
is used to build a Linux filesystem on a device, usually
a hard disk partition. The