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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt
index 9840d5b8d5b9..22e4040564d5 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ journal=inum		When a journal already exists, this option is
                         the inode which will represent the ext3 file
                         system's journal file.
 
+journal_dev=devnum      When the external journal device's major/minor numbers
+                        have changed, this option allows to specify the new
+                        journal location. The journal device is identified
+                        through its new major/minor numbers encoded in devnum.
+
 noload                  Don't load the journal on mounting.
 
 data=journal            All data are committed into the journal prior