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diff --git a/man/dired.texi b/man/dired.texi
index 9bb57b38279..4a308c48c30 100644
--- a/man/dired.texi
+++ b/man/dired.texi
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ options (that is, single characters) requiring no arguments, and long
 options (starting with @samp{--}) whose arguments are specified with
 @samp{=}.
 
+  On MS-Windows and MS-DOS systems, Emacs @emph{emulates} @code{ls};
+see @ref{ls in Lisp}, for options and peculiarities of that emulation.
+
+
 @findex dired-other-window
 @kindex C-x 4 d
 @findex dired-other-frame