diff --git a/man2/shutdown.2 b/man2/shutdown.2
index ab39cfd88..da006d689 100644
--- a/man2/shutdown.2
+++ b/man2/shutdown.2
@@ -102,14 +102,16 @@ respectively, and are defined in
 .I <sys/socket.h>
 since glibc-2.1.91.
 .SH BUGS
-As currently implemented,
-checks for the validity of
+Checks for the validity of
 .I how
-are done in domain-specific code, and not all domains perform these checks.
-.\" FIXME .
+are done in domain-specific code,
+and before Linux 3.7 not all domains performed these checks.
 .\" https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47111
-Most notably, UNIX domain sockets simply ignore invalid values;
-this may change in the future.
+Most notably, UNIX domain sockets simply ignored invalid values.
+This problem was fixed for UNIX domain sockets
+.\" commit fc61b928dc4d72176cf4bd4d30bf1d22e599aefc
+.\" and for DECnet sockets in commit 46b66d7077b89fb4917ceef19b3f7dd86055c94a
+in Linux 3.7.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR connect (2),
 .BR socket (2),