diff --git a/man7/socket.7 b/man7/socket.7
index 870ae0de7..8fa4da196 100644
--- a/man7/socket.7
+++ b/man7/socket.7
@@ -231,6 +231,9 @@ fails with the error
 .BR SO_RCVLOWAT
 is changeable
 only since Linux 2.4.
+.\" FIXME say something about the following? 
+.\" select(2) does not respect SO_RCVLOWAT
+.\" See http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=111049368106984&w=2
 .TP
 .BR SO_RCVTIMEO " and " SO_SNDTIMEO
 .\" Not implemented in 2.0.