--- util-linux-2.12a/mount/mount.8.cifs	2005-11-23 16:34:34.000000000 +0100
+++ util-linux-2.12a/mount/mount.8	2005-11-23 16:38:37.000000000 +0100
@@ -720,6 +720,16 @@
 (However, quota utilities may react to such strings in
 .IR /etc/fstab .)
 
+.SH "Mount options for cifs"
+Just like
+.IR nfs " or " smbfs
+implementation expects a binary argument 
+to the mount system call. This argument is constructed by
+.BR mount.cifs (8)
+and the current version of
+.B mount
+(2.12) does not know anything about cifs.
+
 .SH "Mount options for coherent"
 None.