diff --git a/man2/rmdir.2 b/man2/rmdir.2
index 190ad7642..5cc810c61 100644
--- a/man2/rmdir.2
+++ b/man2/rmdir.2
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 .\" Modified 1997-01-31 by Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
 .\" Modified 2004-06-23 by Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
 .\"
-.TH RMDIR 2 2004-06-23 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH RMDIR 2 2008-05-08 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 rmdir \- delete a directory
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ or,
 has
 .I ..
 as its final component.
+POSIX.1-2001 also allows
+.B EEXIST
+for this condition.
 .TP
 .B EPERM
 The directory containing