diff --git a/man2/getrlimit.2 b/man2/getrlimit.2
index ea92a1aad..d309578e8 100644
--- a/man2/getrlimit.2
+++ b/man2/getrlimit.2
@@ -355,6 +355,11 @@ Upon reaching this limit, a
 signal is generated.
 To handle this signal, a process must employ an alternate signal stack
 .RB ( sigaltstack (2)).
+
+Since Linux 2.6.23,
+this limit also determines the amount of space used for the process's
+command-line arguments and environment variables; for details, see
+.BR execve (2).
 .SH "RETURN VALUE"
 On success, zero is returned.
 On error, \-1 is returned, and