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diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml
index fc25e83d40..d923207f9f 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml
@@ -939,6 +939,10 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
support for POSIX <c>O_SYNC</c> or equivalent, use of the <c>sync</c>
flag causes <c>open</c> to return <c>{error, enotsup}</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <tag><c>directory</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Allows <c>open</c> to work on directories.</p>
+ </item>
</taglist>
<p>Returns:</p>
<taglist>
@@ -985,8 +989,10 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
</item>
<tag><c>enotdir</c></tag>
<item>
- <p>A component of the filename is not a directory. On some
- platforms, <c>enoent</c> is returned instead.</p>
+ <p>A component of the filename is not a directory, or the
+ filename itself is not a directory if <c>directory</c>
+ mode was specified. On some platforms, <c>enoent</c> is
+ returned instead.</p>
</item>
<tag><c>enospc</c></tag>
<item>
@@ -1438,7 +1444,11 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
break this module's atomicity guarantees as it can race with a
concurrent call to
<seealso marker="#write_file_info/2"><c>write_file_info/1,2</c>
- </seealso></p>
+ </seealso>.</p>
+ <p>This option has no effect when the function is
+ given an I/O device instead of a file name. Use
+ <seealso marker="#open/2"><c>open/2</c></seealso> with the
+ <c>raw</c> mode to obtain a file descriptor first.</p>
<note>
<p>As file times are stored in POSIX time on most OS, it is faster to
query file information with option <c>posix</c>.</p>