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diff --git a/numpy/core/memmap.py b/numpy/core/memmap.py
index 0945b1748..6fa845277 100644
--- a/numpy/core/memmap.py
+++ b/numpy/core/memmap.py
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ class memmap(ndarray):
The memmap object can be used anywhere an ndarray is accepted.
Given a memmap ``fp``, ``isinstance(fp, numpy.ndarray)`` returns
``True``.
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+ Memory-mapped files cannot be larger than 2GB on 32-bit systems.
When a memmap causes a file to be created or extended beyond its
current size in the filesystem, the contents of the new part are