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@@ -124,7 +124,9 @@ Force the loop driver to reread the size of the file associated with the
specified loop device.
.TP
.BR \-P , " \-\-partscan"
-Force the kernel to scan the partition table on a newly created loop device.
+Force the kernel to scan the partition table on a newly created loop device. Note that the
+partition table parsing depends on sector sizes. The default is sector size is 512 bytes,
+otherwise you need to use use the option \fB\-\-sector\-size\fR together with \fB\-\-partscan\fR.
.TP
.BR \-r , " \-\-read\-only"
Set up a read-only loop device.