diff --git a/man7/attr.7 b/man7/attr.7
index 1e44569a5..491482de3 100644
--- a/man7/attr.7
+++ b/man7/attr.7
@@ -152,6 +152,9 @@ In the Btrfs, XFS, and Reiserfs filesystem implementations, there is no
 practical limit on the number of extended attributes
 associated with a file, and the algorithms used to store extended
 attribute information on disk are scalable.
+
+In the JFS, XFS, and Reiserfs filesystem implementations,
+the limit on bytes used in an EA value is the ceiling imposed by the VFS.
 .SH CONFORMING TO
 Extended attributes are not specified in POSIX.1, but some other systems
 (e.g., the BSDs and Solaris) provide a similar feature.