diff --git a/man7/fanotify.7 b/man7/fanotify.7
index d52962914..9cda9fae7 100644
--- a/man7/fanotify.7
+++ b/man7/fanotify.7
@@ -538,12 +538,10 @@ handle_events(int fd)
                 exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
             }
 
-            /* Check that the event contains a file descriptor */
-.\" FIXME Should the following line actually be:
-.\" if (metadata\->fd != FANNOFD)
-.\" ?
-.\" Or, more generally, the program has a problem inasmuch as it is not
-.\" handling queue overflow
+	    /* metadata\->fd contains either FAN_NOFD, indicating a
+	       queue overflow, or a file descriptor (a nonnegative
+	       integer). Here, we simply ignore queue overflow. */
+
             if (metadata\->fd >= 0) {
 
                 /* Handle open permission event */