diff --git a/man2/sendfile.2 b/man2/sendfile.2
index 9dc7466ea..37bbe346b 100644
--- a/man2/sendfile.2
+++ b/man2/sendfile.2
@@ -87,9 +87,9 @@ and the file offset will be updated by the call.
 .I count
 is the number of bytes to copy between the file descriptors.
 
-Presently (Linux 2.6.9):
-.IR in_fd ,
-must correspond to a file which supports
+The
+.IR in_fd
+argument must correspond to a file which supports
 .BR mmap (2)-like
 operations
 (i.e., it cannot be a socket);