diff --git a/man2/splice.2 b/man2/splice.2
index 00984c986..d9c192a09 100644
--- a/man2/splice.2
+++ b/man2/splice.2
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
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-.TH SPLICE 2 2008-09-26 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH SPLICE 2 2009-02-20 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 splice \- splice data to/from a pipe
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -146,6 +146,9 @@ or do not have proper read-write mode.
 .TP
 .B EINVAL
 Target file system doesn't support splicing;
+target file is opened in append mode;
+.\" The append-mode error is given since 2.6.27; in earlier kernels,
+.\" splice() in append mode was broken
 neither of the descriptors refers to a pipe; or
 offset given for non-seekable device.
 .TP