diff --git a/share/man/man9/module.9 b/share/man/man9/module.9
index 0584dffe8e61..fb3fcd76215e 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/module.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/module.9
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: module.9,v 1.26 2011/01/09 05:05:10 jnemeth Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: module.9,v 1.27 2011/02/13 16:50:16 jym Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2010 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 .\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
 .\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd January 8, 2011
+.Dd February 13, 2011
 .Dt MODULE 9
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -175,7 +175,8 @@ If a built-in module with that
 .Fa name
 is not found, the list of modules prepared by the boot loader is searched.
 If the named module is still not found, an attempt is made to locate the
-module within the file system.
+module within the file system, provided it has been mounted by the
+initialization code.
 .Pp
 The
 .Fa flags