diff --git a/man2/gettimeofday.2 b/man2/gettimeofday.2
index 4773dcbc1..d03687610 100644
--- a/man2/gettimeofday.2
+++ b/man2/gettimeofday.2
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 .\" Modified, 2004-05-27 by Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
 .\"   Added notes on capability requirement.
 .\"
-.TH GETTIMEOFDAY 2 2008-08-21 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH GETTIMEOFDAY 2 2009-03-25 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 gettimeofday, settimeofday \- get / set time
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -221,7 +221,9 @@ but not
 .BR settimeofday ().
 POSIX.1-2008 marks
 .BR gettimeofday ()
-as obsolete.
+as obsolete, recomending the use of
+.BR clock_gettime (2)
+instead.
 .SH NOTES
 .LP
 Traditionally, the fields of