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diff --git a/man/portage.5 b/man/portage.5
index ed136a925..7303e2c2e 100644
--- a/man/portage.5
+++ b/man/portage.5
@@ -363,6 +363,16 @@ virtual/aspell\-dict app\-dicts/aspell\-en
.RE
.TP
.BR /etc/portage/
+Any file in this directory that begins with "package." can be more than just a
+flat file. If it is a directory, then all the files in that directory will be
+summed together as if it were a single file.
+
+.I Example:
+.nf
+/etc/portage/package.keywords/kde
+/etc/portage/package.keywords/common
+/etc/portage/package.keywords/e17
+.fi
.RS
.TP
.BR bashrc