inode.7: Timestamp fields are structures that include a nanosecond component

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>

diff --git a/man7/inode.7 b/man7/inode.7
index c7eeda5ed8438491682ef973978ea28dbcc67dfa..c1023e4790428aebc2b21eab73fd2b4aada76b0a 100644 (file)
--- a/man7/inode.7
+++ b/man7/inode.7
@@ -210,6 +210,17 @@ Nanosecond timestamps are supported on XFS, JFS, Btrfs, and
 ext4 (since Linux 2.6.23).
 .\" commit ef7f38359ea8b3e9c7f2cae9a4d4935f55ca9e80
 Nanosecond timestamps are not supported in ext2, ext3, and Reiserfs.
+In order to return timestamps with nanosecond precision,
+the timestamp fields in the
+.I stat
+and
+.I statx
+structures are defined as structures that include a nanosecond component.
+See
+.BR stat (2)
+and
+.BR statx (2)
+for details.
 On filesystems that do not support subsecond timestamps,
 the nanosecond fields in the
 .I stat