diff --git a/man2/set_mempolicy.2 b/man2/set_mempolicy.2
index cbed355d4..2a5279ba1 100644
--- a/man2/set_mempolicy.2
+++ b/man2/set_mempolicy.2
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 .\" 2007-08-27, Lee Schermerhorn <Lee.Schermerhorn@hp.com>
 .\"     more precise specification of behavior.
 .\"
-.TH SET_MEMPOLICY 2 2008-08-07 Linux "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH SET_MEMPOLICY 2 2008-08-11 Linux "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 set_mempolicy \- set default NUMA memory policy for a process and its children
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -205,8 +205,9 @@ If the
 .I nodemask
 and
 .I maxnode
-arguments specify the empty set, then the policy specifies
-explicit local allocation.
+arguments specify the empty set, then the policy
+specifies "local allocation"
+(like the system default policy discussed above).
 
 The process memory policy is preserved across an
 .BR execve (2),