From a395137acd1fc18f1e4b55bf54df3fbf10ae3f92 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jan Rybar <jrybar@redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2017 15:37:49 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] docs: Mention in sysctl.8 that a filename is read once

Added note into sysctl.8 manpage about directory precedence.

This information may be important for users who create new config files at several destinations. Especially the information about files to be omitted in directories with lower priority shall be given.
---
 sysctl.8 | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sysctl.8 b/sysctl.8
index fa838eba..c089126a 100644
--- a/sysctl.8
+++ b/sysctl.8
@@ -78,7 +78,10 @@ values listing.
 Print value without new line.
 .TP
 \fB\-\-system\fR
-Load settings from all system configuration files.
+Load settings from all system configuration files. Files are read from
+directories in the following list in given order from top to bottom.
+Once a file of a given filename is loaded, any file of the same name
+in subsequent directories is ignored.
 .br
 /run/sysctl.d/*.conf
 .br