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@@ -408,6 +408,11 @@ The \fBroot_owner=\fR option allows explicitly specifying these values,
and avoid side-effects for users that do not expect the contents of the
file system to change based on the user running \fBmke2fs\fR.
.TP
+.BI root_perms [=permissions]
+Specify the root directory permissions in octal format. If no permissions
+are specified then the root directory permissions would be set in accordance with
+the default filesystem umask.
+.TP
.B test_fs
Set a flag in the file system superblock indicating that it may be
mounted using experimental kernel code, such as the ext4dev file system.