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diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 6761a7b241a..7f43b040311 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -149,6 +149,11 @@ USB, framebuffer devices, the VFS, the SCSI subsystem, etc. See the MAINTAINERS file for a mailing list that relates specifically to your change. +If changes affect userland-kernel interfaces, please send +the MAN-PAGES maintainer (as listed in the MAINTAINERS file) +a man-pages patch, or at least a notification of the change, +so that some information makes its way into the manual pages. + Even if the maintainer did not respond in step #4, make sure to ALWAYS copy the maintainer when you change their code. |