diff --git a/man3/malloc.3 b/man3/malloc.3
index ac78662f7..db5080184 100644
--- a/man3/malloc.3
+++ b/man3/malloc.3
@@ -288,12 +288,14 @@ implementation allocates the memory as a private anonymous mapping using
 .B MMAP_THRESHOLD
 is 128\ kB by default, but is adjustable using
 .BR mallopt (3).
-Allocations performed using
+Prior to Linux 4.7
+allocations performed using
 .BR mmap (2)
-are unaffected by the
+were unaffected by the
 .B RLIMIT_DATA
-resource limit only prior to Linux kernel 4.7 (see
-.BR getrlimit (2)).
+resource limit;
+since Linux 4.7, this limit is also enforced for allocations performed using
+.BR mmap (2).
 .PP
 To avoid corruption in multithreaded applications,
 mutexes are used internally to protect the memory-management