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-rw-r--r--share/man/man9/VOP_ATTRIB.96
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man9/VOP_ATTRIB.9 b/share/man/man9/VOP_ATTRIB.9
index 5a7c33455c71..794eee33dfa2 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/VOP_ATTRIB.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/VOP_ATTRIB.9
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ Attributes which are not being modified by
should be set to the value
.Dv VNOVAL .
.Sh LOCKS
-.Xr VOP_GETATTR 9
-expects the vnode to be locked on entry and will leave the vnode locked on
-return.
+The vnode may be either unlocked or exclusively locked on entry to
+.Xr VOP_GETATTR 9 ,
+and will remain the same on return.
.Pp
.Xr VOP_SETATTR 9
expects the vnode to be locked on entry and will leave the vnode locked on