diff --git a/man2/select.2 b/man2/select.2
index 930413590..151932eaf 100644
--- a/man2/select.2
+++ b/man2/select.2
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ select, pselect, FD_CLR, FD_ISSET, FD_SET, FD_ZERO \-
 synchronous I/O multiplexing
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
-/* According to POSIX.1-2001 */
+/* According to POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008 */
 .br
 .B #include <sys/select.h>
 .sp
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ struct timespec {
 .fi
 .in
 
-(However, see below on the POSIX.1-2001 versions.)
+(However, see below on the POSIX.1 versions.)
 .PP
 Some code calls
 .BR select ()
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ modifies
 .I timeout
 to reflect the amount of time not slept; most other implementations
 do not do this.
-(POSIX.1-2001 permits either behavior.)
+(POSIX.1 permits either behavior.)
 This causes problems both when Linux code which reads
 .I timeout
 is ported to other operating systems, and when code is ported to Linux
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ Prior to this,
 was emulated in glibc (but see BUGS).
 .SH CONFORMING TO
 .BR select ()
-conforms to POSIX.1-2001 and
+conforms to POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, and
 4.4BSD
 .RB ( select ()
 first appeared in 4.2BSD).
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ sets the timeout variable before exit, but the BSD variant does not.
 .PP
 .BR pselect ()
 is defined in POSIX.1g, and in
-POSIX.1-2001.
+POSIX.1-2001 and POSIX.1-2008.
 .SH NOTES
 An
 .I fd_set
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ structure are typed as
 .I long
 (as shown above), and the structure is defined in
 .IR <sys/time.h> .
-The POSIX.1-2001 situation is
+The POSIX.1 situation is
 
 .in +4n
 .nf
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ include
 .I <time.h>
 for
 .BR select ().
-The POSIX.1-2001 situation is that one should include
+The POSIX.1 situation is that one should include
 .I <sys/select.h>
 for
 .BR select ()
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ also modifies
 if the call is interrupted by a signal handler (i.e., the
 .B EINTR
 error return).
-This is not permitted by POSIX.1-2001.
+This is not permitted by POSIX.1.
 The Linux
 .BR pselect ()
 system call has the same behavior,