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diff --git a/man/systemd.netdev.xml b/man/systemd.netdev.xml
index e7eb5a0fe..0a2cbab09 100644
--- a/man/systemd.netdev.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.netdev.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,10 @@
Virtual Network Device files must have the extension
.netdev; other extensions are ignored. Virtual
- network devices are created as soon as networkd is started.
+ network devices are created as soon as networkd is started. If a netdev
+ with the specified name already exists, networkd will use that as-is
+ rather than create its own. Note that the settings of the pre-existing
+ netdev will not be changed by networkd.
The .netdev files are read from the files located in the
system network directory /usr/lib/systemd/network,