diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/select.2 b/lib/libc/sys/select.2
index c9a332dcf30..6a73c5341ea 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/select.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/select.2
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ was invalid.
 .Sh NOTES
 The default size of
 .Dv FD_SETSIZE
-is currently 256.
+is currently 1024.
 In order to accomodate programs which might potentially 
 use a larger number of open files with
 .Fn select