diff --git a/man7/pipe.7 b/man7/pipe.7
index 64a6761d5..dc3484d8c 100644
--- a/man7/pipe.7
+++ b/man7/pipe.7
@@ -133,7 +133,8 @@ so that a writing process does not remain blocked.
 In Linux versions before 2.6.11, the capacity of a pipe was the same as
 the system page size (e.g., 4096 bytes on i386).
 Since Linux 2.6.11, the pipe capacity is 65536 bytes.
-Since Linux 2.6.35, the pipe capacity can be queried and set using the
+Since Linux 2.6.35, the default pipe capacity is 65536 bytes,
+but the capacity can be queried and set using the
 .BR fcntl (2)
 .BR F_GETPIPE_SZ
 and