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-rw-r--r--udev/udevadm.xml5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/udev/udevadm.xml b/udev/udevadm.xml
index 1092498a46..5996c01383 100644
--- a/udev/udevadm.xml
+++ b/udev/udevadm.xml
@@ -278,7 +278,10 @@
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--reload-rules</option></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Signal udevd to reload the rules from the config.</para>
+ <para>Signal udevd to reload the rules files.
+ Usually the udev daemon detects changes automatically, this may
+ only be needed on systems without inotify support. Reloading rules
+ does not apply any changes to already existing devices.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>