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diff --git a/udevinfo.c b/udevinfo.c
index 01c2a2a8ae..b15f174e40 100644
--- a/udevinfo.c
+++ b/udevinfo.c
@@ -149,7 +149,14 @@ static int print_device_chain(const char *path)
retval = -1;
goto exit;
}
- printf("\ndevice '%s' has major:minor %s", class_dev->path, attr->value);
+
+ printf("\nudevinfo starts with the device the node belongs to and then walks up the\n"
+ "device chain to print for every device found all possibly useful attributes\n"
+ "in the udev key format.\n"
+ "Only attributes within one device section may be used in a rule to match the\n"
+ "device for which the node will be created.\n"
+ "\n");
+ printf("device '%s' has major:minor %s", class_dev->path, attr->value);
sysfs_close_attribute(attr);
/* open sysfs class device directory and print all attributes */