diff --git a/bin/stty/stty.1 b/bin/stty/stty.1
index 8901f612c19a..01805c3c7cc2 100644
--- a/bin/stty/stty.1
+++ b/bin/stty/stty.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: stty.1,v 1.45 2017/10/30 15:38:52 wiz Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: stty.1,v 1.46 2022/05/14 21:04:34 dholland Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993, 1994
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 .\"
 .\"     @(#)stty.1	8.5 (Berkeley) 6/1/94
 .\"
-.Dd August 15, 2016
+.Dd May 14, 2022
 .Dt STTY 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ if possible.
 If the
 baud rate is set to zero, modem
 control is no longer
-asserted.
+asserted; this will normally hang up the line, including on ptys and
+other devices not physically connected to modems.
 .It Cm ispeed Ar number
 Set terminal input baud rate to
 .Ar number ,