diff --git a/man2/sysctl.2 b/man2/sysctl.2
index a8a9d2420..cec8345a6 100644
--- a/man2/sysctl.2
+++ b/man2/sysctl.2
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 .\" Modified Tue Oct 22 22:28:41 1996 by Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
 .\" Modified Mon Jan  5 20:31:04 1998 by aeb.
 .\"
-.TH SYSCTL 2 2012-07-13 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH SYSCTL 2 2012-12-21 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 sysctl \- read/write system parameters
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -119,6 +119,10 @@ use of this system call has long been discouraged,
 and it is so unloved that
 \fBit is likely to disappear in a future kernel version\fP.
 .\" See http://lwn.net/Articles/247243/
+Since Linix 2.6.24,
+uses of this system call result in warnings in the kernel log.
+.\" Though comments in suggest that it is needed by old glibc binaries,
+.\" so maybe it's not going away.
 Remove it from your programs now; use the
 .I /proc/sys
 interface instead.