diff --git a/man2/rename.2 b/man2/rename.2
index 8c95111ec..5df64947c 100644
--- a/man2/rename.2
+++ b/man2/rename.2
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 .\" Modified Thu Mar  3 09:49:35 2005 by Michael Haardt <michael@moria.de>
 .\" 2007-03-25, mtk, added various text to DESCRIPTION.
 .\"
-.TH RENAME 2 1998-06-04 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH RENAME 2 2009-03-30 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 rename \- change the name or location of a file
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -159,9 +159,17 @@ has the maximum number of links.
 .IR oldpath " or " newpath " was too long."
 .TP
 .B ENOENT
-A directory component in
-.I oldpath " or " newpath
-does not exist or is a dangling symbolic link.
+The link named by
+.I oldpath
+does not exist;
+or, a directory component in
+.I newpath
+does not exist;
+or,
+.I oldpath
+or
+.I newpath
+is an empty string.
 .TP
 .B ENOMEM
 Insufficient kernel memory was available.