diff --git a/man7/signal.7 b/man7/signal.7
index bc1e72ecb..d67c8937f 100644
--- a/man7/signal.7
+++ b/man7/signal.7
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 .\"     Added section on stop/cont signals interrupting syscalls.
 .\" 2008-10-05, mtk: various additions
 .\"
-.TH SIGNAL 7  2010-02-03 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH SIGNAL 7  2010-06-12 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 signal \- overview of signals
 .SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -69,8 +69,12 @@ Default action is to continue the process if it is currently stopped.
 .PP
 A process can change the disposition of a signal using
 .BR sigaction (2)
-or (less portably)
+or
 .BR signal (2).
+(The latter is less portable when establishing a signal handler;
+see
+.BR signal (2)
+for details.)
 Using these system calls, a process can elect one of the
 following behaviors to occur on delivery of the signal:
 perform the default action; ignore the signal;