diff --git a/man3/gethostbyname.3 b/man3/gethostbyname.3
index 808e3b8b4..98ec3621b 100644
--- a/man3/gethostbyname.3
+++ b/man3/gethostbyname.3
@@ -107,7 +107,10 @@ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE
 .BR hstrerror ():
 .RS 4
 .TP 4
-Since glibc 2.8:
+Since glibc 2.12:
+_BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE
+.TP 4
+From glibc 2.8 to glibc 2.11:
 _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE || _GNU_SOURCE
 .TP
 Before glibc 2.8: