a result, you'll want to place these changes somewhere where they will be
 automatically reapplied on reboot.  On many Linux systems, you can use the
 /etc/rc.d/rc.local script to do this.  Depending on your particular
-configuration, you might also be able to the /etc/sysctl.conf, although
+configuration, you might also be able to use /etc/sysctl.conf, although
 you'll need to check the documentation for sysctl for the correct format.
 
 {subsection: System-wide file descriptors}
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@
 programs.  Be sure to set both hard and soft for nofile (number of
 files).
 
+Condor daemons that run as root can increase their own file descriptor limit.  To configure a higher limit, use MAX_FILE_DESCRIPTORS or <subsys>_MAX_FILE_DESCRIPTORS in the condor configuration.  Note that using a file descriptor limit that is much larger than needed can add overhead that reduces performance.
+
 {subsection: Process Identifiers}
 
 By default Linux wraps around the process identifiers when they