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diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt
index aa986a35e994..f99254327ae5 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Currently, these files are in /proc/sys/fs:
- inode-max
- inode-nr
- inode-state
+- nr_open
- overflowuid
- overflowgid
- suid_dumpable
@@ -91,6 +92,15 @@ usage of file handles and you don't need to increase the maximum.
==============================================================
+nr_open:
+
+This denotes the maximum number of file-handles a process can
+allocate. Default value is 1024*1024 (1048576) which should be
+enough for most machines. Actual limit depends on RLIMIT_NOFILE
+resource limit.
+
+==============================================================
+
inode-max, inode-nr & inode-state:
As with file handles, the kernel allocates the inode structures