diff --git a/man2/clock_getres.2 b/man2/clock_getres.2
index 76bb754cb..fc28656b1 100644
--- a/man2/clock_getres.2
+++ b/man2/clock_getres.2
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 .\" 2003-08-24 aeb, large parts rewritten
 .\" 2004-08-06 Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com>, SMP note
 .\"
-.TH CLOCK_GETRES 2 2009-02-05 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH CLOCK_GETRES 2 2010-02-03 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 clock_getres, clock_gettime, clock_settime \- clock and time functions
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -155,6 +155,9 @@ points outside the accessible address space.
 The
 .I clk_id
 specified is not supported on this system.
+.\" Linux also gives this error on attempts to set CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID
+.\" and CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID, when probably the proper error should be
+.\" EPERM.
 .TP
 .B EPERM
 .BR clock_settime ()
@@ -209,17 +212,15 @@ Kernel).
 Typically these offsets are small and therefore the effects may be
 negligible in most cases.
 .SH BUGS
-According to POSIX.1-2001, the
+According to POSIX.1-2001, a process with "appropriate privileges" may set the
 .B CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID
 and
 .B CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID
-clocks should be settable using
+clocks using
 .BR clock_settime ().
-However, the clocks currently
-.\" Linux 2.6.28
-are not settable.
-.\" FIXME . Track the following bug report
-.\" http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11972
+On Linux, these clocks are not settable
+(i.e., no process has "appropriate privileges").
+.\" See http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11972
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .BR date (1),
 .BR adjtimex (2),