diff --git a/man8/ld.so.8 b/man8/ld.so.8
index b40fe8741..bef5b576a 100644
--- a/man8/ld.so.8
+++ b/man8/ld.so.8
@@ -501,6 +501,10 @@ The name of a (single) shared object to be profiled,
 specified either as a pathname or a soname.
 Profiling output is appended to the file whose name is:
 "\fI$LD_PROFILE_OUTPUT\fP/\fI$LD_PROFILE\fP.profile".
+
+Since glibc 2.2.5,
+.BR LD_PROFILE
+is ignored in secure execution mode.
 .TP
 .BR LD_PROFILE_OUTPUT " (since glibc 2.1)"
 Directory where
@@ -514,6 +518,10 @@ then the default is
 is ignored in secure-execution mode; instead
 .IR /var/profile
 is always used.
+(This detail is relevant only before glibc 2.2.5,
+since in later glibc versions,
+.B LD_PROFILE
+is also ignored in secure-execution mode.)
 .TP
 .BR LD_SHOW_AUXV " (since glibc 2.1)"
 If this environment variable is defined (with any value),