mention that write updates timestamps

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/write.2 b/lib/libc/sys/write.2
index 56a32fb542d..9f732a66bb1 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/write.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/write.2
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ starts at a position
 given by the pointer associated with
 .Fa d
 (see
-.Xr lseek 2 ) .
+.Xr lseek 2 . )
 Upon return from
 .Fn write ,
 the pointer is incremented by the number of bytes which were written.
@@ -109,6 +109,12 @@ by a user who
 a writable set-user-id file
 owned by the super-user.
 .Pp
+If
+.Fn write
+succeeds it will update the st_ctime and st_mtime fields of the file's
+meta-data (see
+.Xr stat 2 . )
+.Pp
 When using non-blocking I/O on objects such as sockets that are subject
 to flow control,
 .Fn write