diff --git a/man2/rename.2 b/man2/rename.2
index 30242af8e..f457dabd2 100644
--- a/man2/rename.2
+++ b/man2/rename.2
@@ -79,10 +79,12 @@ Open file descriptors for
 .I oldpath
 are also unaffected.
 
+Various restrictions determine whether or not the rename operation succeeds:
+see ERRORS below.
+
 If
 .I newpath
-already exists, it will be atomically replaced (subject to
-a few conditions; see ERRORS below), so that there is
+already exists, it will be atomically replaced, so that there is
 no point at which another process attempting to access
 .I newpath
 will find it missing.