diff --git a/man2/epoll_wait.2 b/man2/epoll_wait.2
index 5ec69ef00..2f2e4e3e6 100644
--- a/man2/epoll_wait.2
+++ b/man2/epoll_wait.2
@@ -217,6 +217,18 @@ it will cause the
 .BR epoll_wait ()
 call to unblock.
 .PP
+If more than
+.I maxevents
+file descriptors are ready when
+.BR epoll_wait ()
+is called, then successive
+.BR epoll_wait ()
+calls will round robin through the set of ready file descriptors.
+This behavior helps avoid starvation scenarios,
+where a process fails to notice that additional file descriptors
+are ready because it focuses on a set of file descriptors that
+are already known to be ready.
+.PP
 Note that it is possible to call
 .BR epoll_wait ()
 on an