diff --git a/man2/vfork.2 b/man2/vfork.2
index 2209cfde3..19ab47b31 100644
--- a/man2/vfork.2
+++ b/man2/vfork.2
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 .\" 1999-11-10: Merged text taken from the page contributed by
 .\" Reed H. Petty (rhp@draper.net)
 .\"
-.TH VFORK 2 2010-09-20 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH VFORK 2 2012-02-08 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 vfork \- create a child process and block parent
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ where a child is created which then immediately issues an
 .BR vfork ()
 differs from
 .BR fork (2)
-in that the parent is suspended until the child terminates
+in that the calling thread is suspended until the child terminates
 (either normally,
 by calling
 .BR _exit (2),