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@@ -10600,6 +10600,14 @@ Normally the disk space is printed in units of
1024 bytes, but this can be overridden (@pxref{Block size}).
Non-integer quantities are rounded up to the next higher unit.
+For bind mounts and without arguments, @command{df} only outputs the statistics
+for the first occurence of that device in the list of file systems (@var{mtab}),
+i.e., it hides duplicate entries, unless the @option{-a} option is specified.
+
+By default, @command{df} omits the early-boot pseudo file system type
+@samp{rootfs}, unless the @option{-a} option is specified or that file system
+type is explicitly to be included by using the @option{-t} option.
+
@cindex disk device file
@cindex device file, disk
If an argument @var{file} is a disk device file containing a mounted