diff --git a/man7/netlink.7 b/man7/netlink.7
index 4a7ba62a3..20aaa9716 100644
--- a/man7/netlink.7
+++ b/man7/netlink.7
@@ -68,15 +68,15 @@ feature),
 .BR NETLINK_FIREWALL
 was removed in Linux 3.5.
 .TP
-.BR NETLINK_INET_DIAG " (since Linux 2.6.14)"
+.BR NETLINK_SOCK_DIAG " (since Linux 3.3)"
+.\" commit 7f1fb60c4fc9fb29fbb406ac8c4cfb4e59e168d6
 Query information about sockets of various protocol families from the kernel
 (see
 .BR sock_diag (7)).
 .TP
-.BR NETLINK_SOCK_DIAG " (since Linux 3.3)"
-.\" commit 7f1fb60c4fc9fb29fbb406ac8c4cfb4e59e168d6
-A synonym for
-.BR NETLINK_INET_DIAG .
+.BR NETLINK_INET_DIAG " (since Linux 2.6.14)"
+An obsolete synonym for
+.BR NETLINK_SOCK_DIAG .
 .TP
 .BR NETLINK_NFLOG " (up to and including Linux 3.16)"
 Netfilter/iptables ULOG.