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diff --git a/udev.xml b/udev.xml
index b2781b767d..852ae039e7 100644
--- a/udev.xml
+++ b/udev.xml
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@
<term><option>$id</option>, <option>%b</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>The name of the device matched while searching the devpath upwards for
- <option>SUBSYSTEMS</option>, <option>KERNELS</option> <option>DRIVERS</option> and <option>ATTRS</option>.
+ <option>SUBSYSTEMS</option>, <option>KERNELS</option>, <option>DRIVERS</option> and <option>ATTRS</option>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -414,7 +414,12 @@
<varlistentry>
<term><option>$attr{<replaceable>file</replaceable>}</option>, <option>%s{<replaceable>file</replaceable>}</option></term>
<listitem>
- <para>The value of a sysfs attribute found at the current or a parent device.</para>
+ <para>The value of a sysfs attribute found at the device, where
+ all keys of the rule have matched. If the matching device does not have
+ such an attribute, all devices along the chain of parents are searched
+ for a matching attribute.
+ If the attribute is a symlink, the last element of the symlink target is
+ returned as the value.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>