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@@ -197,6 +197,15 @@ be reported by a subsequent
(whether or not they were also reported by
.BR write (2)).
.\" commit 088737f44bbf6378745f5b57b035e57ee3dc4750
+An alternate cause of
+.B EIO
+on networked filesystems is when an advisory lock had been taken out
+on the file descriptor and this lock has been lost.
+See the
+.I "Lost locks"
+section of
+.BR fcntl (2)
+for further details.
.TP
.B ENOSPC
The device containing the file referred to by