diff --git a/sbin/mount_nfs/mount_nfs.8 b/sbin/mount_nfs/mount_nfs.8
index 9c92252b1b0e..ac06971ac651 100644
--- a/sbin/mount_nfs/mount_nfs.8
+++ b/sbin/mount_nfs/mount_nfs.8
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 .\"
 .\"	@(#)mount_nfs.8	8.3 (Berkeley) 3/29/95
 .\"
-.\" $Id: mount_nfs.8,v 1.9 1997/04/18 16:23:09 dfr Exp $
+.\" $Id: mount_nfs.8,v 1.10 1997/10/19 16:39:59 joerg Exp $
 .\""
 .Dd March 29, 1995
 .Dt MOUNT_NFS 8
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ The options are:
 .Bl -tag -width indent
 .It Fl 2
 Use the NFS Version 2 protocol (the default is to try version 3 first
-then version 2).
+then version 2).  Note that NFS version 2 has a file size limit of 2
+gigabytes.
 .It Fl 3
 Use the NFS Version 3 protocol.
 .It Fl D