diff --git a/man2/sendfile.2 b/man2/sendfile.2
index 98cc1f361..5219497c3 100644
--- a/man2/sendfile.2
+++ b/man2/sendfile.2
@@ -234,8 +234,8 @@ has consumed the transferred data.
 
 The Linux-specific
 .BR splice (2)
-call supports transferring data between arbitrary files
-(e.g., a pair of sockets).
+call supports transferring data between arbitrary file descriptors
+provided one (or both) of them is a pipe.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR copy_file_range (2),
 .BR mmap (2),