diff --git a/man2/rmdir.2 b/man2/rmdir.2
index 512149ac0..ebc19a167 100644
--- a/man2/rmdir.2
+++ b/man2/rmdir.2
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ or,
 has
 .I ..
 as its final component.
-POSIX.1-2001 also allows
+POSIX.1 also allows
+.\" POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008
 .B EEXIST
 for this condition.
 .TP
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ does not support the removal of directories.
 .I pathname
 refers to a directory on a read-only filesystem.
 .SH CONFORMING TO
-SVr4, 4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001.
+POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, SVr4, 4.3BSD.
 .SH BUGS
 Infelicities in the protocol underlying NFS can cause the unexpected
 disappearance of directories which are still being used.