diff --git a/man7/netlink.7 b/man7/netlink.7
index 44f996f52..260a506fa 100644
--- a/man7/netlink.7
+++ b/man7/netlink.7
@@ -62,11 +62,16 @@ Used by
 .I ip_queue
 kernel module.
 .TP
-.BR NETLINK_INET_DIAG " (since Linux 2.6.14, also known as " NETLINK_SOCK_DIAG " since Linux 3.3)"
+.BR NETLINK_INET_DIAG " (since Linux 2.6.14)"
 Query information about sockets of various protocol families from the kernel
 (see
 .BR sock_diag (7)).
 .TP
+.BR NETLINK_SOCK_DIAG " (since Linux 3.3)"
+.\" commit 7f1fb60c4fc9fb29fbb406ac8c4cfb4e59e168d6
+A synonym for
+.BR NETLINK_INET_DIAG .
+.TP
 .BR NETLINK_NFLOG
 Netfilter/iptables ULOG.
 .TP