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diff --git a/man/man3/open.3 b/man/man3/open.3
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@@ -159,3 +159,14 @@ The implementation of
.B ORCLOSE
is to unlink the file after opening it, causing problems
in programs that try to access the file by name before it is closed.
+.PP
+To avoid name conflicts with the underlying system,
+.I open
+and
+.I create
+are preprocessor macros defined as
+.IR p9open
+and
+.IR p9create ;
+see
+.IR intro (3).