diff --git a/man2/clock_getres.2 b/man2/clock_getres.2
index 63bd1f301..9954643fb 100644
--- a/man2/clock_getres.2
+++ b/man2/clock_getres.2
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ clock is not affected by discontinuous jumps in the system time
 but is affected by the incremental adjustments performed by
 .BR adjtime (3)
 and NTP.
+This clock does not count time that the system is suspended.
 .TP
 .BR CLOCK_MONOTONIC_COARSE " (since Linux 2.6.32; Linux-specific)"
 .\" Added in commit da15cfdae03351c689736f8d142618592e3cebc3