diff --git a/man2/pipe.2 b/man2/pipe.2
index 89ccbcc72..9f567f8f9 100644
--- a/man2/pipe.2
+++ b/man2/pipe.2
@@ -122,6 +122,14 @@ that specifies a buffer size of zero is a no-op, and returns 0.)
 Older kernels that do not support this flag will indicate this via an
 .B EINVAL
 error.
+.IP
+Since Linux 4.5,
+.\" commit 0dbf5f20652108106cb822ad7662c786baaa03ff
+.\" FIXME . But, it is not possible to specify O_DIRECT when opening a FIFO
+it is possible to change the
+.B O_DIRECT
+setting of a pipe file descriptor using
+.BR fcntl (2).
 .TP
 .B O_NONBLOCK
 Set the