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diff --git a/vswitchd/ovs-brcompatd.8.in b/vswitchd/ovs-brcompatd.8.in
index 33cee241..2ce164c3 100644
--- a/vswitchd/ovs-brcompatd.8.in
+++ b/vswitchd/ovs-brcompatd.8.in
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ ovs\-brcompatd \- Bridge compatibility front-end for ovs\-vswitchd
 [\fIoptions\fR] \fIdatabase\fR
 .
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-A daemon that provides a legacy bridge front-end for \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR.  It 
-does this by listening for bridge ioctl commands (e.g., those generated by 
-the \fBbrctl\fR program) to add or remove datapaths and the interfaces 
-that attach to them.  
+A daemon that provides a legacy bridge front-end for \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR.  It
+does this by listening for bridge ioctl commands (e.g., those generated by
+the \fBbrctl\fR program) to add or remove datapaths and the interfaces
+that attach to them.
 .PP
 The mandatory \fIdatabase\fR argument specifies the
 \fBovsdb\-server\fR from which \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR's configuration is
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ both of these streams separately.
 \fB\-\-prune\-timeout=\fIsecs\fR
 .
 Sets the maximum time between pruning port entries to \fIsecs\fR seconds.
-Pruning ports is the process of removing port entries from \fIdatabase\fR 
+Pruning ports is the process of removing port entries from \fIdatabase\fR
 that no longer exist.  If \fIsecs\fR is zero, then entries are never
 pruned.  The default prune timeout is 5 seconds.
 .
@@ -52,6 +52,12 @@ pruned.  The default prune timeout is 5 seconds.
 .so lib/common.man
 .so lib/leak-checker.man
 .
+.SH BUGS
+.
+\fBovs\-brcompatd\fR requires the bridges that it manages to initially
+have no ports listed in their database records when it starts up.
+Otherwise, it may add duplicate ports to bridges.
+.
 .SH NOTES
 \fBovs\-brcompatd\fR requires the \fBbrcompat_mod.ko\fR kernel module to be
 loaded.