diff --git a/man2/create_module.2 b/man2/create_module.2
index fffe08a14..416fa72cc 100644
--- a/man2/create_module.2
+++ b/man2/create_module.2
@@ -66,14 +66,12 @@ it was removed in Linux 2.6.
 .BR create_module ()
 is Linux-specific.
 .SH NOTES
-The
-.BR create_module ()
-system call is not supported by glibc.
-No declaration is provided in glibc headers, but,
-through a quirk of history, glibc does export an ABI for this system call.
+This obsolete system call is not supported by glibc.
+No declaration is provided in glibc headers, but, through a quirk of history,
+glibc versions before 2.23 did export an ABI for this system call.
 Therefore, in order to employ this system call,
-it is sufficient to manually declare the interface in your code;
-alternatively, you can invoke the system call using
+it was sufficient to manually declare the interface in your code;
+alternatively, you could invoke the system call using
 .BR syscall (2).
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR delete_module (2),