diff --git a/man2/msgget.2 b/man2/msgget.2
index bdba41993..e224a6a29 100644
--- a/man2/msgget.2
+++ b/man2/msgget.2
@@ -210,10 +210,14 @@ The following is a system limit on message queue resources affecting a
 call:
 .TP
 .B MSGMNI
-System-wide limit on the number of message queues: policy
-dependent
-(on Linux, this limit can be read and modified via
-.IR /proc/sys/kernel/msgmni ).
+System-wide limit on the number of message queues.
+Before Linux 3.19,
+.\" commit 0050ee059f7fc86b1df2527aaa14ed5dc72f9973
+the default value for this limit was calculated using a formula
+based on available system memory.
+Since Linux 3.19, the default value is 32,000.
+On Linux, this limit can be read and modified via
+.IR /proc/sys/kernel/msgmni .
 .SS Linux notes
 Until version 2.3.20, Linux would return
 .B EIDRM