diff --git a/man2/prctl.2 b/man2/prctl.2
index b38af67e7..25750ae81 100644
--- a/man2/prctl.2
+++ b/man2/prctl.2
@@ -1135,7 +1135,8 @@ the available system calls.
 The more recent
 .BR seccomp (2)
 system call provides a superset of the functionality of
-.BR PR_SET_SECCOMP .
+.BR PR_SET_SECCOMP ,
+and is the preferred interface for new applications.
 .IP
 The seccomp mode is selected via
 .IR arg2 .