diff --git a/man2/semget.2 b/man2/semget.2
index 40e7a35fd..5e08c956c 100644
--- a/man2/semget.2
+++ b/man2/semget.2
@@ -268,15 +268,25 @@ The following limits on semaphore set resources affect the
 call:
 .TP
 .B SEMMNI
-System-wide limit on the number of semaphore sets: policy dependent
-(on Linux, this limit can be read and modified via the fourth field of
-.IR /proc/sys/kernel/sem ).
+System-wide limit on the number of semaphore sets.
+On Linux systems before version 3.19,
+the default value for this limit was 128.
+Since Linux 3.19,
+.\" commit e843e7d2c88b7db107a86bd2c7145dc715c058f4
+the default value is 32,000.
+On Linux, this limit can be read and modified via the fourth field of
+.IR /proc/sys/kernel/sem .
 .\" This /proc file is not available in Linux 2.2 and earlier -- MTK
 .TP
 .B SEMMSL
-Maximum number of semaphores per semaphore ID: implementation dependent
-(on Linux, this limit can be read and modified via the first field of
-.IR /proc/sys/kernel/sem ).
+Maximum number of semaphores per semaphore ID.
+On Linux systems before version 3.19,
+the default value for this limit was 250.
+Since Linux 3.19,
+.\" commit e843e7d2c88b7db107a86bd2c7145dc715c058f4
+the default value is 32,000.
+On Linux, this limit can be read and modified via the first field of
+.IR /proc/sys/kernel/sem .
 .TP
 .B SEMMNS
 System-wide limit on the number of semaphores: policy dependent