diff --git a/sbin/umount/umount.8 b/sbin/umount/umount.8
index 234eb8f18384..d1d02d018a5a 100644
--- a/sbin/umount/umount.8
+++ b/sbin/umount/umount.8
@@ -116,6 +116,28 @@ file system table
 .Xr unmount 2 ,
 .Xr fstab 5 ,
 .Xr mount 8
+.Sh BUGS
+When using union filesystems,
+.Xr umount 8
+cannot always determine the node which is the mountpoint.
+In this case,
+it is necessary to specify the relevant directory to be unmounted
+in the same form as that displayed by
+.Xr mount 8 .
+For example, given a mount entry like this:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+<above>/tmpdir on /cdrom (local, user mount)
+.Ed
+.Pp
+then the command:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+umount '<above>/tmpdir'
+.Ed
+.Pp
+would unmount 
+.Ar /tmpdir 
+from the mountpoint
+.Ar /cdrom .
 .Sh HISTORY
 A
 .Nm umount
diff --git a/sbin/umount/umount.c b/sbin/umount/umount.c
index 56660dea6840..9059babdc90e 100644
--- a/sbin/umount/umount.c
+++ b/sbin/umount/umount.c
@@ -128,8 +128,7 @@ main(argc, argv)
 		errs = umountall();
 	} else
 		for (errs = 0; *argv != NULL; ++argv)
-			if (umountfs(*argv) == 0)
-				errs = 1;
+			errs += umountfs(*argv);
 	exit(errs);
 }
 
@@ -174,6 +173,7 @@ umountall()
 	return (0);
 }
 
+/* Returns 1 on failure, 0 on success */
 int
 umountfs(name)
 	char *name;
@@ -188,8 +188,8 @@ umountfs(name)
 	char *delimp, *hostp, *mntpt, rname[MAXPATHLEN];
 
 	if (realpath(name, rname) == NULL) {
-		warn("%s", rname);
-		return (0);
+		/* Continue and let the system call check it... */
+		strcpy(rname, name);
 	}
 
 	name = rname;