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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libos.tex b/Doc/lib/libos.tex
index e5b5962d99..3d9056dad2 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libos.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libos.tex
@@ -764,6 +764,11 @@ Change the mode of \var{path} to the numeric \var{mode}.
\item \code{S_IXOTH}
\end{itemize}
Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX, Windows.
+
+\note{Although Windows supports \function{chmod()}, you can only
+set the file's read-only flag with it (via the \code{S_IWRITE}
+and \code{S_IREAD} constants or a corresponding integer value).
+All other bits are ignored.}
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{chown}{path, uid, gid}