diff --git a/man2/wait.2 b/man2/wait.2
index f0f5f3f00..2899e6d22 100644
--- a/man2/wait.2
+++ b/man2/wait.2
@@ -463,7 +463,8 @@ Note that even though the default disposition of
 is "ignore", explicitly setting the disposition to
 .B SIG_IGN
 results in different treatment of zombie process children.)
-Linux 2.6 conforms to this specification.
+
+Linux 2.6 conforms to the POSIX requirements.
 However, Linux 2.4 (and earlier) does not:
 if a
 .BR wait ()