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diff --git a/docs/manpages-3/smbpasswd.5.xml b/docs/manpages-3/smbpasswd.5.xml
index a04ea4c831..af17c7c262 100644
--- a/docs/manpages-3/smbpasswd.5.xml
+++ b/docs/manpages-3/smbpasswd.5.xml
@@ -120,17 +120,15 @@
<varlistentry>
<term>Account Flags</term>
<listitem><para>This section contains flags that describe
- the attributes of the users account. In the Samba 2.2 release
- this field is bracketed by '[' and ']' characters and is always
- 13 characters in length (including the '[' and ']' characters).
+ the attributes of the users account. This field is bracketed by
+ '[' and ']' characters and is always 13 characters in length
+ (including the '[' and ']' characters).
The contents of this field may be any of the following characters:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><emphasis>U</emphasis> - This means
- this is a "User" account, i.e. an ordinary user. Only User
- and Workstation Trust accounts are currently supported
- in the smbpasswd file. </para></listitem>
+ this is a "User" account, i.e. an ordinary user.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis>N</emphasis> - This means the
account has no password (the passwords in the fields LANMAN
@@ -143,6 +141,9 @@
<listitem><para><emphasis>D</emphasis> - This means the account
is disabled and no SMB/CIFS logins will be allowed for this user. </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><emphasis>X</emphasis> - This means the password
+ does not expire. </para></listitem>
+
<listitem><para><emphasis>W</emphasis> - This means this account
is a "Workstation Trust" account. This kind of account is used
in the Samba PDC code stream to allow Windows NT Workstations
@@ -151,7 +152,9 @@
</itemizedlist>
<para>Other flags may be added as the code is extended in future.
- The rest of this field space is filled in with spaces. </para>
+ The rest of this field space is filled in with spaces. For further
+ information regarding the flags that are supported please refer to the
+ man page for the <command>pdbedit</command> command.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>