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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
	@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@
	.Fa d_off
	field returns a cookie which can be used with
	.Xr lseek 2
	-to position the directory descriptor to the next entry.
	+to position the directory descriptor to the next entry
	+if it is non-zero.
	The
	.Fa d_reclen
	entry is the length, in bytes, of the directory record.
	@@ -148,14 +149,16 @@
	.Pc ,
	a value returned in the
	.Fa d_off
	-field,
	+field if it is not 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