diff --git a/man7/mq_overview.7 b/man7/mq_overview.7
index f8af879b2..ea0bceb0a 100644
--- a/man7/mq_overview.7
+++ b/man7/mq_overview.7
@@ -202,12 +202,21 @@ ceiling is enforced for privileged processes.
 .I /proc/sys/fs/mqueue/queues_max
 This file can be used to view and change the system-wide limit on the
 number of message queues that can be created.
-Only privileged processes
-.RB ( CAP_SYS_RESOURCE )
-can create new message queues once this limit has been reached.
 The default value for
 .I queues_max
-is 256; it can be changed to any value in the range 0 to INT_MAX.
+is 256.
+Before Linux 3.5,
+this limit could be changed to any value in the range 0 to
+.RB INT_MAX ;
+since Linux 3.5, the ceiling for this limit is 1024
+.RB ( HARD_QUEUESMAX ).
+Privileged processes
+.RB ( CAP_SYS_RESOURCE )
+can exceed the
+.I queues_max
+limit, but since Linux 3.5, the
+.BR HARD_QUEUESMAX
+limit is enforced even for privileged processes.
 .SS Resource limit
 The
 .B RLIMIT_MSGQUEUE