diff --git a/man2/bdflush.2 b/man2/bdflush.2
index d05efe187..015f13d22 100644
--- a/man2/bdflush.2
+++ b/man2/bdflush.2
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 .\" Modified 1997-01-31 by Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
 .\" Modified 2004-06-17 by Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
 .\"
-.TH BDFLUSH 2 2004-06-17 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH BDFLUSH 2 2012-03-05 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 bdflush \- start, flush, or tune buffer-dirty-flush daemon
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -36,6 +36,17 @@ bdflush \- start, flush, or tune buffer-dirty-flush daemon
 .BI "int bdflush(int "  func ", long " data );
 .fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
+.IR Note :
+Since Linux 2.6,
+.\" As noted in a changes in the 2.5.12 source
+this system call is deprecated and does nothing.
+It is likely to disappear altogether in a future kernel release.
+Nowadays, the task performed by 
+.BR bdflush ()
+is handled by the kernel
+.I pdflush
+thread.
+
 .BR bdflush ()
 starts, flushes, or tunes the buffer-dirty-flush daemon.
 Only a privileged process (one with the