diff --git a/docs-xml/manpages-3/mount.cifs.8.xml b/docs-xml/manpages-3/mount.cifs.8.xml
index d0affea..32b2970 100644
--- a/docs-xml/manpages-3/mount.cifs.8.xml
+++ b/docs-xml/manpages-3/mount.cifs.8.xml
@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@ kernel log.
the mounted resource is unmounted (usually via the umount utility).
+
+ Some samba client tools like smbclient(8) honours client-side
+ configuration parameters present in smb.conf. Unlike those client tools,
+ mount.cifs ignores smb.conf completely.
+
+