[PATCH] capabilities.7: add a note about /proc/PID/status

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Since kernel 3.6.8, all non-existent capabilities (above CAP_LAST_CAP)
are not shown.

Signed-off-by: Andrey Vagin <avagin@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 man7/capabilities.7 | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/man7/capabilities.7 b/man7/capabilities.7
index b8f2a75..5e4e6bf 100644
--- a/man7/capabilities.7
+++ b/man7/capabilities.7
@@ -1034,7 +1034,11 @@ The
 file can be used to view the capability sets of a thread.
 The
 .I /proc/PID/status
-file shows the capability sets of a process's main thread.
+file shows the capability sets of a process's main thread. Since kernel 3.6.8,
+all non-existent capabilities (above
+.B CAP_LAST_CAP)
+are not shown.
+.\" 7b9a7ec565505699f503b4fcf61500dceb36e744
 
 The
 .I libcap
-- 
1.7.11.7

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