diff --git a/man2/mmap.2 b/man2/mmap.2
index ba7d105bb..d537cfc0d 100644
--- a/man2/mmap.2
+++ b/man2/mmap.2
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 .\" 2007-07-10, mtk, Added an example program.
 .\" 2008-11-18, mtk, document MAP_STACK
 .\"
-.TH MMAP 2 2008-12-01 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH MMAP 2 2009-09-26 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 mmap, munmap \- map or unmap files or devices into memory
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -226,6 +226,12 @@ Used for stacks.
 Indicates to the kernel virtual memory system that the mapping
 should extend downwards in memory.
 .TP
+.BR MAP_HUGETLB " (since Linux 2.6.32)"
+Allocate the mapping using "huge pages."
+See the kernel source file
+.I Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt
+for further information.
+.TP
 .BR MAP_LOCKED " (since Linux 2.5.37)"
 Lock the pages of the mapped region into memory in the manner of
 .BR mlock (2).