diff --git a/man2/sigpending.2 b/man2/sigpending.2
index ed814ba52..14d2ae250 100644
--- a/man2/sigpending.2
+++ b/man2/sigpending.2
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
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 .\" 2005-09-15, mtk, Created new page by splitting off from sigaction.2
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-.TH SIGPENDING 2 2013-04-19 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH SIGPENDING 2 2013-12-11 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 sigpending \- examine pending signals
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ See
 .BR sigsetops (3)
 for details on manipulating signal sets.
 
+If a signal is both blocked and has a disposition of "ignored", it is
+.I not
+added to the mask of pending signals when generated.
+
 The set of signals that is pending for a thread
 is the union of the set of signals that is pending for that thread
 and the set of signals that is pending for the process as a whole; see