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diff --git a/man7/namespaces.7 b/man7/namespaces.7
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@@ -378,8 +378,10 @@ By applying
to the returned file descriptor, one obtains a
.I stat
structure whose
+.I st_dev
+(resident device) and
.I st_ino
-(inode number) field identifies the owning/parent namespace.
+(inode number) fields together identify the owning/parent namespace.
This inode number can be matched with the inode number of another
.IR /proc/[pid]/ns/{pid,user}
file to determine whether that is the owning/parent namespace.