diff --git a/man2/inotify_init.2 b/man2/inotify_init.2
index b9383fdd7..145128ccd 100644
--- a/man2/inotify_init.2
+++ b/man2/inotify_init.2
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 .\" 2006-02-07 mtk, minor changes
 .\" 2008-10-10 mtk: add description of inotify_init1()
 .\"
-.TH INOTIFY_INIT 2 2012-05-04 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH INOTIFY_INIT 2 2014-03-28 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 inotify_init, inotify_init1 \- initialize an inotify instance
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ inotify_init, inotify_init1 \- initialize an inotify instance
 .BI "int inotify_init1(int " flags );
 .fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
+For an overview of the inotify API, see
+.BR inotify (7).
+
 .BR inotify_init ()
 initializes a new inotify instance and returns a file descriptor associated
 with a new inotify event queue.