diff --git a/man2/execve.2 b/man2/execve.2
index eb3d37e32..639e3b4b9 100644
--- a/man2/execve.2
+++ b/man2/execve.2
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ so that, even when
 .BR RLIMIT_STACK
 is set very low,
 applications are guaranteed to have at least as much argument and
-environment space as was provided by Linux 2.6.23 and earlier.
+environment space as was provided by Linux 2.6.22 and earlier.
 (This guarantee was not provided in Linux 2.6.23 and 2.6.24.)
 Additionally, the limit per string is 32 pages (the kernel constant
 .BR MAX_ARG_STRLEN ),