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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sys/man/3/proc b/sys/man/3/proc
index c4c241d02..2492c69a7 100644
--- a/sys/man/3/proc
+++ b/sys/man/3/proc
@@ -136,10 +136,13 @@ the amount of memory used by the process in units of 1024 bytes
.IP \-
the base and current scheduling priority, each 11 character numbers
.PP
-The read-only
+The
.B args
file contains the arguments of the program when it was created by
.IR exec (2).
+Writing to the
+.B args
+file will overwrite its contents.
If the program was not created by
.BR exec ,
such as by