diff --git a/man2/access.2 b/man2/access.2
index 0d3bb11e7..bb4a2fdf1 100644
--- a/man2/access.2
+++ b/man2/access.2
@@ -163,6 +163,13 @@ a safer alternative would be to temporarily switch the process's
 effective user ID to the real ID and then call
 .BR open (2).)
 .PP
+.BR access (2)
+always dereferences symbolic links.
+If you need to check the permissions on a symbolic link, use
+.BR faccessat(2)
+with the flag
+.BR AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW .
+.PP
 .BR access ()
 returns an error if any of the access types in
 .I mode