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diff --git a/man2/execve.2 b/man2/execve.2
index 082bcb1a4c..25360ceb15 100644
--- a/man2/execve.2
+++ b/man2/execve.2
@@ -387,6 +387,10 @@ stack size.
ensures that the new program always has some stack space.)
.\" Ollie: That doesn't include the lists of pointers, though,
.\" so the actual usage is a bit higher (1 pointer per argument).
+Additionally, the total size is limited to 3/4 of the value
+of the kernel constant
+.B _STK_LIM
+(8 Mibibytes).
Since Linux 2.6.25,
the kernel places a floor of 32 pages on this size limit,
so that, even when