diff --git a/man7/arp.7 b/man7/arp.7
index 07bf10eb4..d58f56b03 100644
--- a/man7/arp.7
+++ b/man7/arp.7
@@ -248,9 +248,8 @@ forwarding and proxy arp is enabled for the interface).
 The neigh/* sysctls did not exist before Linux 2.2.
 .SH BUGS
 Some timer settings are specified in jiffies, which is architecture
-related.
-On the Alpha a jiffy is 1/1024 of a second, on most other
-architectures it is 1/100s.
+and kernel version dependent; see
+.BR time (7).
 
 There is no way to signal positive feedback from user space.
 This means connection oriented protocols implemented in user space