diff --git a/man2/fallocate.2 b/man2/fallocate.2
index 2f84c9121..363e50fa0 100644
--- a/man2/fallocate.2
+++ b/man2/fallocate.2
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 .\" 2011-09-19: Added FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE
 .\" 2011-09-19: Substantial restructuring of the page
 .\"
-.TH FALLOCATE 2 2012-02-27 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH FALLOCATE 2 2012-04-23 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 fallocate \- manipulate file space
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -150,12 +150,14 @@ referred to by
 .IR fd .
 .TP
 .B ENOSYS
-The file system containing the file referred to by
-.I fd
-does not support this operation.
+This kernel does not implement
+.BR fallocate ().
 .TP
 .B EOPNOTSUPP
-The
+The file system containing the file referred to by
+.I fd
+does not support this operation;
+or the
 .I mode
 is not supported by the file system containing the file referred to by
 .IR fd .