From: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 14:47:30 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: mke2fs.8.in: Add an explanation about why reserved blocks in a
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mke2fs.8.in: Add an explanation about why reserved blocks in a
	filesystem is a good thing.
---

diff --git a/misc/ChangeLog b/misc/ChangeLog
index 0a4191b..0ef524b 100644
--- a/misc/ChangeLog
+++ b/misc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-10-08  Theodore Ts'o  <tytso@mit.edu>
+
+	* mke2fs.8.in: Add an explanation about why reserved blocks in a
+		filesystem is a good thing.
+
 2004-09-28  Theodore Ts'o  <tytso@mit.edu>
 
 	* badblocks.8.in: Document the default block size.  (Addresses
diff --git a/misc/mke2fs.8.in b/misc/mke2fs.8.in
index 89bf3f1..8c21f29 100644
--- a/misc/mke2fs.8.in
+++ b/misc/mke2fs.8.in
@@ -269,7 +269,12 @@ Set the volume label for the filesystem.
 .TP
 .BI \-m " reserved-blocks-percentage"
 Specify the percentage of the filesystem blocks reserved for 
-the super-user.  This value defaults to 5%.
+the super-user.  This avoids fragmentation, and allows root-owned
+daemons, such as 
+.BR syslogd (8),
+to continue to function correctly after non-privileged processes are 
+prevented from writing to the filesystem.  The default percentage 
+is 5%.
 .TP
 .B \-M
 Set the last mounted directory for the filesystem.  This might be useful