diff --git a/man2/shmget.2 b/man2/shmget.2
index 56d525d4a..331ab3f58 100644
--- a/man2/shmget.2
+++ b/man2/shmget.2
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 .\"	Language and formatting clean-ups
 .\"	Added notes on /proc files
 .\"
-.TH SHMGET 2 2012-05-31 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH SHMGET 2 2013-04-19 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 shmget \- allocates a System V shared memory segment
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -178,9 +178,10 @@ is set to the current time.
 If the shared memory segment already exists, the permissions are
 verified, and a check is made to see if it is marked for destruction.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
-A valid segment identifier,
-.IR shmid ,
-is returned on success, \-1 on error.
+On success, a valid shared memory identifier is returned.
+On errir, \-1 is returned, and
+.I errno
+is set to indicate the error.
 .SH ERRORS
 On failure,
 .I errno