diff --git a/libexec/rc/rc.d/linux b/libexec/rc/rc.d/linux
index 8bcfc946e01..4fe9cee6e75 100755
--- a/libexec/rc/rc.d/linux
+++ b/libexec/rc/rc.d/linux
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ linux_start()
 		mount -o nocover -t linprocfs linprocfs "${_emul_path}/proc"
 		mount -o nocover -t linsysfs linsysfs "${_emul_path}/sys"
 		mount -o nocover -t devfs devfs "${_emul_path}/dev"
-		mount -o nocover -t fdescfs fdescfs "${_emul_path}/dev/fd"
+		mount -o nocover,linrdlnk -t fdescfs fdescfs "${_emul_path}/dev/fd"
 		mount -o nocover,mode=1777 -t tmpfs tmpfs "${_emul_path}/dev/shm"
 	fi
 }
diff --git a/share/man/man4/linux.4 b/share/man/man4/linux.4
index d865ce5476a..d63ee657a72 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/linux.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/linux.4
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd June 12, 2020
+.Dd July 4, 2020
 .Dt LINUX 4
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -130,7 +130,9 @@ Defaults to 0.
 .It Pa /compat/linux
 minimal Linux run-time environment
 .It Pa /compat/linux/dev/fd
-file-descriptor file system, see
+file descriptor file system mounted with the
+.Cm linrdlnk
+option, see
 .Xr fdescfs 5
 .It Pa /compat/linux/dev/shm
 in-memory file system, see