diff --git a/man2/fallocate.2 b/man2/fallocate.2
index 8296cd5f9..a61c51338 100644
--- a/man2/fallocate.2
+++ b/man2/fallocate.2
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 .\" 2011-09-19: Added FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE
 .\" 2011-09-19: Substantial restructuring of the page
 .\"
-.TH FALLOCATE 2 2013-02-12 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH FALLOCATE 2 2013-04-19 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 fallocate \- manipulate file space
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -110,8 +110,12 @@ Not all file systems support
 .BR FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE ;
 if a file system doesn't support the operation, an error is returned.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
+On error,
 .BR fallocate ()
-returns zero on success, and \-1 on failure.
+returns zero.
+On error, \-1 is returned and
+.I errno
+is set to indicate the error.
 .SH ERRORS
 .TP
 .B EBADF