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diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml
index 382262d1ee..a9ceac0bcf 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
<type>
<v>Filename = name()</v>
<v>Modes = [Mode]</v>
- <v>&nbsp;Mode = read | write | append | raw | binary | {delayed_write, Size, Delay} | delayed_write | {read_ahead, Size} | read_ahead | compressed</v>
+ <v>&nbsp;Mode = read | write | append | exclusive | raw | binary | {delayed_write, Size, Delay} | delayed_write | {read_ahead, Size} | read_ahead | compressed</v>
<v>&nbsp;&nbsp;Size = Delay = int()</v>
<v>IoDevice = io_device()</v>
<v>Reason = ext_posix() | system_limit</v>
@@ -630,6 +630,17 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
file opened with <c>append</c> will take place at
the end of the file.</p>
</item>
+ <tag><c>exclusive</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>The file, when opened for writing, is created if it
+ does not exist. If the file exists, open will return
+ <c>{error, eexist}</c>.</p>
+ <warning><p>This option does not guarantee exclusiveness on
+ file systems that do not support O_EXCL properly,
+ such as NFS. Do not depend on this option unless you
+ know that the file system supports it (in general, local
+ file systems should be safe).</p></warning>
+ </item>
<tag><c>raw</c></tag>
<item>
<p>The <c>raw</c> option allows faster access to a file,