diff --git a/man2/statx.2 b/man2/statx.2
index 54fb5bca1..48644f689 100644
--- a/man2/statx.2
+++ b/man2/statx.2
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ The file timestamps are structures of the following type:
 .nf
 struct statx_timestamp {
     __s64 tv_sec;    /* Seconds since the Epoch (UNIX time) */
-    __s32 tv_nsec;   /* Nanoseconds before or since tv_sec */
+    __s32 tv_nsec;   /* Nanoseconds since tv_sec */
 };
 .fi
 .in