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	diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/getdirentries.2.sav b/lib/libc/sys/getdirentries.2
	--- a/lib/libc/sys/getdirentries.2.sav
	+++ b/lib/libc/sys/getdirentries.2
	@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
	.\" @(#)getdirentries.2 8.2 (Berkeley) 5/3/95
	.\" $FreeBSD$
	.\"
	-.Dd March 30, 2020
	+.Dd February 14, 2021
	.Dt GETDIRENTRIES 2
	.Os
	.Sh NAME
	@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
	.Fa d_fileno .
	The
	.Fa d_off
	-field returns a cookie which can be used with
	+field returns a cookie which, if non-zero, can be used with
	.Xr lseek 2
	to position the directory descriptor to the next entry.
	The
	@@ -148,14 +148,16 @@
	.Pc ,
	a value returned in the
	.Fa d_off
	-field,
	+field if it is non-zero,
	or zero.
	.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
	The
	.Fa d_off
	-field is being used as a cookie to readdir for nfs servers.
	-These cookies can be cached and allow to read directory entries at a specific
	-offset on demand.
	+field is currently set to 0 by the NFS client, since the
	+directory offset cookies returned by an NFS server cannot
	+be used by
	+.Xr lseek 2
	+at this time.
	.Sh RETURN VALUES
	If successful, the number of bytes actually transferred is returned.
	Otherwise, -1 is returned and the global variable