diff --git a/man2/getrlimit.2 b/man2/getrlimit.2
index 705c1b014..49d1bacc6 100644
--- a/man2/getrlimit.2
+++ b/man2/getrlimit.2
@@ -709,6 +709,11 @@ when
 .I rlim\->rlim_cur
 was greater than
 .IR rlim\->rlim_max .
+.\" d3561f78fd379a7110e46c87964ba7aa4120235c
+.PP
+Linux doesn't return an error when an attempt to set
+.B RLIMIT_CPU
+has failed, for compatibility reasons.
 .\"
 .SS Representation of """large""" resource limit values on 32-bit platforms
 The glibc