--- cryptsetup.8.sentences	2011-09-04 13:25:57.000000000 -0500
+++ cryptsetup.8.slots	2011-09-04 13:36:09.000000000 -0500
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@
 effectively scrubbed from persistent media, and that are protected
 against dictionary attacks with PBKDF2.
 
+Each password, usually called a
+.B key
+in this document, is associated with a slot, of which there are typically 8.
+Key operations that do not specify a slot affect the first slot
+matching the supplied key.
+
 These are valid LUKS actions:
 
 \fIluksFormat\fR <device> [<key file>]