diff --git a/man2/flock.2 b/man2/flock.2
index 838cc7e26..324f37d1f 100644
--- a/man2/flock.2
+++ b/man2/flock.2
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 .\" FIXME: Maybe document LOCK_MAND, LOCK_RW, LOCK_READ, LOCK_WRITE
 .\"        which only have effect for SAMBA.
 .\"
-.TH FLOCK 2 2013-02-11 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH FLOCK 2 2014-04-22 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 flock \- apply or remove an advisory lock on an open file
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ A single file may not simultaneously have both shared and exclusive locks.
 
 Locks created by
 .BR flock ()
-are associated with an open file table entry.
+are associated with an open file description (see
+.BR open (2)).
 This means that duplicate file descriptors (created by, for example,
 .BR fork (2)
 or