diff --git a/man2/sigaction.2 b/man2/sigaction.2
index 80d03a6e4..581e7b875 100644
--- a/man2/sigaction.2
+++ b/man2/sigaction.2
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 .\" 2010-06-11 Andi Kleen, add hwpoison signal extensions
 .\" 2010-06-11 mtk, improvements to discussion of various siginfo_t fields.
 .\"
-.TH SIGACTION 2 2012-04-26 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH SIGACTION 2 2012-09-23 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 sigaction \- examine and change a signal action
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -220,8 +220,7 @@ If an alternate stack is not available, the default stack will be used.
 This flag is only meaningful when establishing a signal handler.
 .TP
 .BR SA_RESETHAND
-Restore the signal action to the default state once the signal handler
-has been called.
+Restore the signal action to the default upon entry to the signal handler.
 This flag is only meaningful when establishing a signal handler.
 .B SA_ONESHOT
 is an obsolete, nonstandard synonym for this flag.