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1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/man7/boot.7 b/man7/boot.7
index d126e1b92f..a165417c7b 100644
--- a/man7/boot.7
+++ b/man7/boot.7
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ or
When the kernel is loaded, it initializes various components of
the computer and operating system; each portion of software
responsible for such a task is usually consider "a \fBdriver\fR" for
-the applicable component. The kernel starts the virtual memory
+the applicable component.
+The kernel starts the virtual memory
swapper (it is a kernel process, called "kswapd" in a modern Linux
kernel), and mounts some filesystem at the root path,
.IR / .