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@@ -3022,7 +3022,9 @@ lead to a number of problems in practice:
* An attempt to delete a file (e.g. during file rotation) silently fails,
because there is another reference pointing to it. This can lead to confusion
and wasted debugging time - log entries end up in unexpected places, or are
- lost altogether.
+ lost altogether. Or a file that was supposed to be moved remains in place,
+ and grows in size unexpectedly despite size-based rotation being supposedly
+ in place.
Use the techniques outlined in :ref:`multiple-processes` to circumvent such
issues.