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diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
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--- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
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@@ -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.