diff --git a/man2/getrlimit.2 b/man2/getrlimit.2
index a144bac4f..10a5563ae 100644
--- a/man2/getrlimit.2
+++ b/man2/getrlimit.2
@@ -264,13 +264,14 @@ fails with the error
 .B RLIMIT_RSS
 Specifies the limit (in pages) of the process's resident set
 (the number of virtual pages resident in RAM).
-This limit only has effect in Linux 2.4.x, and there only
+This limit only has effect in Linux 2.4.x, x < 30, and there only
 affects calls to
 .BR madvise ()
 specifying
 .BR MADV_WILLNEED .
 .\" As at kernel 2.6.12, this limit still does nothing in 2.6 though
-.\" talk of making it do something continues in LKML -- MTK, Jul 05
+.\" talk of making it do something has surfaced from time to time in LKML 
+.\"       -- MTK, Jul 05
 .TP
 .BR RLIMIT_SIGPENDING " (Since Linux 2.6.8)"
 Specifies the limit on the number of signals