diff --git a/man2/write.2 b/man2/write.2
index 46f3c2521..01675c91d 100644
--- a/man2/write.2
+++ b/man2/write.2
@@ -51,9 +51,20 @@ systems are POSIX conforming.
 .SH "RETURN VALUE"
 On success, the number of bytes written are returned (zero indicates
 nothing was written).  On error, \-1 is returned, and \fIerrno\fP is set
-appropriately.  If \fIcount\fP is zero and the file descriptor refers to
-a regular file, 0 will be returned without causing any other effect.
-For a special file, the results are not portable.
+appropriately.  
+
+If \fIcount\fP is zero and
+.I fd
+refers to a regular file, then
+.B write ()
+may return a failure status if one of the errors below is detected.
+If no errors are detected,
+0 will be returned without causing any other effect.
+If
+\fIcount\fP is zero and
+.I fd
+refers to a file other than a regular file, 
+the results are not specified.
 .SH ERRORS
 .TP
 .B EAGAIN