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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt
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--- a/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ beneath or above the path of another overlay lower layer path.
Using an upper layer path and/or a workdir path that are already used by
another overlay mount is not allowed and may fail with EBUSY. Using
-partially overlapping paths is not allowed but will not fail with EBUSY.
+partially overlapping paths is not allowed and may fail with EBUSY.
If files are accessed from two overlayfs mounts which share or overlap the
upper layer and/or workdir path the behavior of the overlay is undefined,
though it will not result in a crash or deadlock.