1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/getsockopt.2 b/lib/libc/sys/getsockopt.2
index ccc71e3ae1e3..1b9e6321f406 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/getsockopt.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/getsockopt.2
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 .\"     @(#)getsockopt.2	8.4 (Berkeley) 5/2/95
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd May 2, 1995
+.Dd April 15, 2006
 .Dt GETSOCKOPT 2
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ and set with
 .It Dv SO_SNDTIMEO Ta "set timeout value for output"
 .It Dv SO_RCVTIMEO Ta "set timeout value for input"
 .It Dv SO_ACCEPTFILTER Ta "set accept filter on listening socket"
+.It Dv SO_NOSIGPIPE Ta "controls generation of SIGPIPE for the socket"
 .It Dv SO_TYPE Ta "get the type of the socket (get only)"
 .It Dv SO_ERROR Ta "get and clear error on the socket (get only)"
 .El
@@ -356,6 +357,13 @@ Passing in an
 .Fa optval
 of NULL will remove the filter.
 .Pp
+The
+.Dv SO_NOSIGPIPE
+option controls generation of the SIGPIPE signal normally sent
+when writing to a connected socket where the other end has been
+closed returns with the error
+.Er EPIPE .
+.Pp
 Finally,
 .Dv SO_TYPE
 and