diff --git a/doc/ddlp.txt b/doc/ddlp.txt
index 69763a5..4635f5c 100644
--- a/doc/ddlp.txt
+++ b/doc/ddlp.txt
@@ -154,7 +154,8 @@ device files with combinations of read-write, O_EXCL, and fcntl().
 (This does not mean that Ted endorsed our project yet. He helps exploring.)
 
 Friendly in the sense of DDLP-A would be any run which uses at least one of
-the options -e (i.e. O_EXCL) or -f (i.e. F_SETLK).
+the options -e (i.e. O_EXCL) or -f (i.e. F_SETLK, applied to a file
+descriptor which was obtained from a standard device file path).
 The code is available under GPL at
   http://libburnia.pykix.org/browser/libburn/trunk/test/open-cd-excl.c?format=txt
 To be compiled by
diff --git a/test/open-cd-excl.c b/test/open-cd-excl.c
index 80efae0..fffe4d0 100644
--- a/test/open-cd-excl.c
+++ b/test/open-cd-excl.c
@@ -109,16 +109,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		printf("fcntl lock apparently %sLOCKED\n", 
 		       (fl.l_type == F_UNLCK) ? "NOT " : "");
 
-		/* ts A70418: do not try to lock if it is already locked */
-		if (fl.l_type != F_UNLCK) {
-			printf("failed\n");
-			exit(1);
-		}
-
 		init_flock(&fl, do_rdwr);
 		printf("Trying to grab fcntl lock...\n");
-		if (fcntl(fd, F_SETLKW, &fl) < 0) {
-			perror("fcntl: F_SETLKW: ");
+		if (fcntl(fd, F_SETLK, &fl) < 0) {
+			perror("fcntl: F_SETLK: ");
 			printf("failed\n");
 			exit(1);
 		}
@@ -127,6 +121,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	/* ts A70417: added end_immediately */
 	printf("Holding %s open.\n", device_name);
+	usleep(100000);
 	if (end_immediately)
 		exit(0);
 	printf("Press ^C to exit.\n");