From 2636cd54e1bfa5527ca6be63f970abf208f73245 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jan Rybar <jrybar@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2016 16:09:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] sysctl.conf - Adds new NOTES section to manpage with info
 about all modifiable variables

---
 sysctl.conf.5 | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/sysctl.conf.5 b/sysctl.conf.5
index d24f7056..0cb2078c 100644
--- a/sysctl.conf.5
+++ b/sysctl.conf.5
@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@ token = value
 Note that blank lines are ignored, and whitespace before and after a token or
 value is ignored, although a value can contain whitespace within.  Lines which
 begin with a # or ; are considered comments and ignored.
+.SH NOTES
+As the 
+.BR /etc/sysctl.conf
+file is used to override default kernel parameter values, only a small number of parameters is predefined in the file.
+Use 
+.IR /sbin/sysctl\ \-a
+to list all possible parameters. The description of individual parameters can be found in the kernel documentation.
 .SH EXAMPLE
 .RS
 .sp