diff --git a/man3/getaddrinfo.3 b/man3/getaddrinfo.3
index 0232d53ca..c973ce7d6 100644
--- a/man3/getaddrinfo.3
+++ b/man3/getaddrinfo.3
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 .\" FIXME . glibc's 2.9 NEWS file documents DCCP and UDP-lite support
 .\"           and is SCTP support now also there?
 .\"
-.TH GETADDRINFO 3 2012-04-14 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH GETADDRINFO 3 2012-04-29 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 getaddrinfo, freeaddrinfo, gai_strerror \- network address and
 service translation
@@ -378,6 +378,8 @@ flag, then IPv4 addresses are returned in the list pointed to by
 only if the local system has at least one
 IPv4 address configured, and IPv6 addresses are only returned
 if the local system has at least one IPv6 address configured.
+The loopback address is not considered for this case as valid
+as a configured address.
 .PP
 If
 .I hint.ai_flags