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diff --git a/sys-utils/mount.8 b/sys-utils/mount.8 index 56ccbbd35..bbfe71b75 100644 --- a/sys-utils/mount.8 +++ b/sys-utils/mount.8 @@ -807,8 +807,12 @@ Mount the partition that has the specified Verbose mode. .TP .BR \-w , " \-\-rw" , " \-\-read\-write" -Mount the filesystem read/write. This is the default. A synonym is +Mount the filesystem read/write. The read-write is kernel default. A synonym is .BR "\-o rw" . + +Note that specify \fB\-w\fR on command line forces \fBmount\fR command +to never try read-only mount on write-protected devices. The default is +try read-only if the previous mount syscall with read-write flags failed. .TP .BR \-V , " \-\-version" Display version information and exit. |