diff --git a/man2/execve.2 b/man2/execve.2
index 082bcb1a4..25360ceb1 100644
--- a/man2/execve.2
+++ b/man2/execve.2
@@ -387,6 +387,10 @@ stack size.
 ensures that the new program always has some stack space.)
 .\" Ollie: That doesn't include the lists of pointers, though,
 .\" so the actual usage is a bit higher (1 pointer per argument).
+Additionally, the total size is limited to 3/4 of the value
+of the kernel constant
+.B _STK_LIM
+(8 Mibibytes).
 Since Linux 2.6.25,
 the kernel places a floor of 32 pages on this size limit,
 so that, even when