diff -up Linux-PAM-1.3.1/modules/pam_motd/pam_motd.8.xml.motd-manpage Linux-PAM-1.3.1/modules/pam_motd/pam_motd.8.xml

--- Linux-PAM-1.3.1/modules/pam_motd/pam_motd.8.xml.motd-manpage	2018-05-18 11:50:46.000000000 +0200

+++ Linux-PAM-1.3.1/modules/pam_motd/pam_motd.8.xml	2019-12-19 10:29:36.243558251 +0100

@@ -31,10 +31,19 @@

     <para>

       pam_motd is a PAM module that can be used to display

       arbitrary motd (message of the day) files after a successful

-      login. By default the <filename>/etc/motd</filename> file is

+      login. By default the <filename>/etc/motd</filename> file and

+      all files from <filename>/etc/motd.d</filename> are

       shown. The message size is limited to 64KB.

     </para>

-

+    <para>

+      To silence a message,

+      a symbolic link with target <filename>/dev/null</filename>

+      may be placed in <filename>/etc/motd.d</filename> with

+      the same filename as the message to be silenced. Example:

+    </para>

+    <para>

+      <command>ln -sfn /dev/null /etc/motd.d/my_motd</command>

+    </para>

   </refsect1>

   <refsect1 id="pam_motd-options">