diff --git a/man7/glob.7 b/man7/glob.7
index 920e79eee..dac9975c7 100644
--- a/man7/glob.7
+++ b/man7/glob.7
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" 2003-08-24 fix for / by John Kristoff + joey
 .\"
-.TH GLOB 7 2003-08-24 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH GLOB 7 2012-07-28 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 glob \- Globbing pathnames
 .SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -116,8 +116,10 @@ unchanged when it is syntactically incorrect, or the list of
 matching pathnames is empty.
 With
 .I bash
-one can force the classical behavior by setting
-.IR allow_null_glob_expansion=true .
+one can force the classical behavior using this command:
+
+    shopt -s nullglob
+.\" In Bash v1, by setting allow_null_glob_expansion=true
 
 (Similar problems occur elsewhere.
 E.g., where old scripts have