diff --git a/man2/mprotect.2 b/man2/mprotect.2
index f8e47d9b9..f8f8fbaff 100644
--- a/man2/mprotect.2
+++ b/man2/mprotect.2
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 .\"         PROT_GROWSUP
 .\"         PROT_SAO (PowerPC)
 .\"
-.TH MPROTECT 2 2012-08-14 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH MPROTECT 2 2014-01-05 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 mprotect \- set protection on a region of memory
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ Got SIGSEGV at address: 0x804e000
 #define handle_error(msg) \\
     do { perror(msg); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } while (0)
 
-char *buffer;
+static char *buffer;
 
 static void
 handler(int sig, siginfo_t *si, void *unused)