diff --git a/man7/tcp.7 b/man7/tcp.7
index 35db67169..afc160ca2 100644
--- a/man7/tcp.7
+++ b/man7/tcp.7
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 .\"     be more or less up to date and complete as at Linux 2.6.27
 .\"     (other than the remaining FIXMEs in the page source below).
 .\"
-.TH TCP  7 2012-03-20 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH TCP  7 2012-04-23 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 tcp \- TCP protocol
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -888,7 +888,8 @@ This option should not be used in code intended to be portable.
 .B TCP_MAXSEG
 .\" Present in Linux 1.0
 The maximum segment size for outgoing TCP packets.
-If this option is set before connection establishment, it also
+In Linux 2.2 and earlier,
+if this option is set before connection establishment, it also
 changes the MSS value announced to the other end in the initial packet.
 Values greater than the (eventual) interface MTU have no effect.
 TCP will also impose