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diff --git a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
index 3f2ef7ee97a..67bd1dc7243 100644
--- a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
+++ b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version='1.0'?>
-<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
+  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
 <!--
   SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+
 
@@ -367,15 +368,11 @@ L     /tmp/foobar -    -    -     -   /dev/null</programlisting>
           <listitem><para>Set file/directory attributes. Lines of this type
           accept shell-style globs in place of normal path names.</para>
 
-          <para>The format of the argument field is
-          <varname>[+-=][aAcCdDeijsStTu] </varname>. The prefix
-          <varname>+</varname> (the default one) causes the
-          attribute(s) to be added; <varname>-</varname> causes the
-          attribute(s) to be removed; <varname>=</varname> causes the
-          attributes to be set exactly as the following letters. The
-          letters <literal>aAcCdDeijsStTu</literal> select the new
-          attributes for the files, see
-          <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>chattr</refentrytitle>
+          <para>The format of the argument field is <varname>[+-=][aAcCdDeijPsStTu] </varname>. The prefix
+          <varname>+</varname> (the default one) causes the attribute(s) to be added; <varname>-</varname>
+          causes the attribute(s) to be removed; <varname>=</varname> causes the attributes to be set exactly
+          as the following letters. The letters <literal>aAcCdDeijPsStTu</literal> select the new attributes
+          for the files, see <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>chattr</refentrytitle>
           <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> for further information.
           </para>
           <para>Passing only <varname>=</varname> as argument resets
@@ -545,6 +542,14 @@ w- /proc/sys/vm/swappiness - - - - 10</programlisting></para>
       (ctime). Any of these three (or two) values will prevent cleanup
       if it is more recent than the current time minus the age
       field.</para>
+
+      <para>Note that while the aging algorithm is run a 'shared' BSD file lock (see <citerefentry
+      project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>flock</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>) is
+      taken on each directory the algorithm descends into (and each directory below that, and so on). If the
+      aging algorithm finds a lock is already taken on some directory, it (and everything below it) is
+      skipped. Applications may use this to temporarily exclude certain directory subtrees from the aging
+      algorithm: the applications can take a BSD file lock themselves, and as long as they keep it aging of
+      the directory and everything below it is disabled.</para>
     </refsect2>
 
     <refsect2>