diff --git a/man2/get_robust_list.2 b/man2/get_robust_list.2
index fde092eba..9aba22db7 100644
--- a/man2/get_robust_list.2
+++ b/man2/get_robust_list.2
@@ -147,6 +147,14 @@ A thread can have only one robust futex list;
 therefore applications that wish
 to use this functionality should use the robust mutexes provided by glibc.
 .PP
+In the initial implementation,
+a thread waiting on a futex was notified that the owner had died
+only if the owner terminated.
+Starting with Linux 2.6.28,
+.\" commit 8141c7f3e7aee618312fa1c15109e1219de784a7
+notification was extended to include the case where the owner performs an
+.BR execve (2).
+.PP
 The thread IDs mentioned in the main text are
 .I kernel
 thread IDs of the kind returned by