1 files changed, 16 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/man2/open.2 b/man2/open.2
index b356271060..28233b8b14 100644
--- a/man2/open.2
+++ b/man2/open.2
@@ -44,7 +44,10 @@
 .\"     on O_DIRECT.
 .\" 2008-02-26, Michael Haardt: Reorganised text for O_CREAT and mode
 .\"
-.TH OPEN 2 2008-02-25 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.\" FIXME . Apr 08: The next posix revison has O_EXEC, O_SEARCH, and
+.\" O_TTYINIT.  Eventually these may need to be documented.  --mtk
+.\"
+.TH OPEN 2 2008-04-08 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 open, creat \- open and possibly create a file or device
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -554,15 +557,23 @@ flag was specified, and an incompatible lease was held on the file
 .SH "CONFORMING TO"
 SVr4, 4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001.
 The
-.BR O_CLOEXEC ,
 .BR O_DIRECTORY ,
 .BR O_NOATIME ,
 and
 .B O_NOFOLLOW
-flags are Linux-specific.
-One may have to define the
+flags are Linux-specific, and one may need to define
+.B_GNU_SOURCE
+to ontain their defintions.
+.\" FIXME . update the following sentence when POSIX.1-2008 is finalized.
+
+The
+.BR O_CLOEXEC
+flag is not specified in POSIX.1-2001,
+but is planned for inclusion in the next revision of the standard;
+one has to to define the
 .B _GNU_SOURCE
-macro to get their definitions.
+macro to get its definitions.
+
 .B O_DIRECT
 is not specified in POSIX; one has to define
 .B _GNU_SOURCE