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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
index 5970a4f3986..458475ad56c 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
@@ -355,6 +355,8 @@ is not associated with a file:
[stack:1001] = the stack of the thread with tid 1001
[vdso] = the "virtual dynamic shared object",
the kernel system call handler
+ [anon:<name>] = an anonymous mapping that has been
+ named by userspace
or if empty, the mapping is anonymous.
@@ -404,6 +406,7 @@ Swap: 0 kB
KernelPageSize: 4 kB
MMUPageSize: 4 kB
Locked: 374 kB
+Name: name from userspace
The first of these lines shows the same information as is displayed for the
mapping in /proc/PID/maps. The remaining lines show the size of the mapping
@@ -419,6 +422,9 @@ and a page is modified, the file page is replaced by a private anonymous copy.
"Swap" shows how much would-be-anonymous memory is also used, but out on
swap.
+The "Name" field will only be present on a mapping that has been named by
+userspace, and will show the name passed in by userspace.
+
This file is only present if the CONFIG_MMU kernel configuration option is
enabled.