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diff --git a/man/udev.xml b/man/udev.xml
index b5c7cd4be..7ec7a3fed 100644
--- a/man/udev.xml
+++ b/man/udev.xml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
extensions are ignored.
Every line in the rules file contains at least one key-value pair.
- There are two kind of keys: match and assignment.
+ There are two kinds of keys: match and assignment.
If all match keys are matching against its value, the rule gets applied and the
assignment keys get the specified value assigned.
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@
The name to use for a network interface. The name of a device node
- can not be changed by udev, only additional symlinks can be created.
+ cannot be changed by udev, only additional symlinks can be created.
@@ -335,15 +335,20 @@
The name of a symlink targeting the node. Every matching rule adds
- this value to the list of symlinks to be created. Multiple symlinks may be
- specified by separating the names by the space character. In case multiple
- devices claim the same name, the link always points to the device with
- the highest link_priority. If the current device goes away, the links are
- re-evaluated and the device with the next highest link_priority becomes the owner of
- the link. If no link_priority is specified, the order of the devices (and
- which one of them owns the link) is undefined. Also, symlink names must
- never conflict with the kernel's default device node names, as that would
- result in unpredictable behavior.
+ this value to the list of symlinks to be created.
+ The set of characters to name a symlink is limited. Allowed
+ characters are [0-9A-Za-z#+-.:=@_/], valid utf8 character sequences,
+ and "\x00" hex encoding. All other characters are replaced by
+ a '_' character.
+ Multiple symlinks may be specified by separating the names by the
+ space character. In case multiple devices claim the same name, the link
+ always points to the device with the highest link_priority. If the current
+ device goes away, the links are re-evaluated and the device with the
+ next highest link_priority becomes the owner of the link. If no
+ link_priority is specified, the order of the devices (and which one of
+ them owns the link) is undefined.
+ Symlink names must never conflict with the kernel's default device
+ node names, as that would result in unpredictable behavior.