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diff --git a/src/man/firejail.txt b/src/man/firejail.txt
index 60c21cbc1..69d28c788 100644
--- a/src/man/firejail.txt
+++ b/src/man/firejail.txt
@@ -76,7 +76,9 @@ $ firejail [OPTIONS] firefox        # starting Mozilla Firefox
 Signal the end of options and disables further option processing.
 .TP
 \fB\-\-allow-debuggers
-Allow tools such as strace and gdb inside the sandbox.
+Allow tools such as strace and gdb inside the sandbox. This option is only available
+when running on Linux kernels 4.8 or newer - a kernel bug in ptrace system call allows a full
+bypass of the seccomp filter.
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