diff --git a/man2/get_kernel_syms.2 b/man2/get_kernel_syms.2
index f520c1d6d..dfba74c8d 100644
--- a/man2/get_kernel_syms.2
+++ b/man2/get_kernel_syms.2
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 .\" 2006-02-09, some reformatting by Luc Van Oostenryck; some
 .\" reformatting and rewordings by mtk
 .\"
-.TH GET_KERNEL_SYMS 2 2007-06-03 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH GET_KERNEL_SYMS 2 2012-10-09 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 get_kernel_syms \- retrieve exported kernel and module symbols
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ get_kernel_syms \- retrieve exported kernel and module symbols
 .BI "int get_kernel_syms(struct kernel_sym *" table );
 .fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
+.BR Note :
+This system call is present only in kernels before Linux 2.6.
+
 If
 .I table
 is NULL,