--- src/share/man/man4/polling.4	2007/10/03 09:55:25	1.12
+++ src/share/man/man4/polling.4	2007/11/03 07:35:52	1.13
@@ -88,6 +88,11 @@ feature.
 It is turned on and off with help of
 .Xr ifconfig 8
 command.
+An interface does not have to be
+.Dq up
+in order to turn on its
+.Nm
+feature.
 .Ss Loader Tunables
 The following tunables can be set from
 .Xr loader.conf 5 :