diff --git a/man2/recv.2 b/man2/recv.2
index 82c871199..4103e01b1 100644
--- a/man2/recv.2
+++ b/man2/recv.2
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 .\" Modified 1998,1999 by Andi Kleen
 .\" 2001-06-19 corrected SO_EE_OFFENDER, bug report by James Hawtin
 .\"
-.TH RECV 2 2012-12-21 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH RECV 2 2013-04-19 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 recv, recvfrom, recvmsg \- receive a message from a socket
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -388,6 +388,9 @@ error queue.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 These calls return the number of bytes received, or \-1
 if an error occurred.
+In the event of an error,
+.I errno
+is set to indicate the error.
 The return value will be 0 when the
 peer has performed an orderly shutdown.
 .SH ERRORS