diff --git a/share/man/man8/compat_freebsd.8 b/share/man/man8/compat_freebsd.8
index f557cc0e86b3..a4535ce6e593 100644
--- a/share/man/man8/compat_freebsd.8
+++ b/share/man/man8/compat_freebsd.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: compat_freebsd.8,v 1.18 2017/07/03 21:31:00 wiz Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: compat_freebsd.8,v 1.19 2018/02/10 08:54:22 maxv Exp $
 .\"	from: compat_linux.8,v 1.1 1995/03/05 23:30:36 fvdl Exp
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1995 Frank van der Linden
@@ -30,13 +30,20 @@
 .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
 .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd April 30, 2017
+.Dd February 10, 2018
 .Dt COMPAT_FREEBSD 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm compat_freebsd
 .Nd setup procedure for running FreeBSD binaries
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Bf -symbolic
+compat_freebsd is not maintained anymore, and new FreeBSD binaries cannot
+be expected to work.
+The compat_freebsd feature is available in NetBSD only to support the
+FreeBSD tw_cli driver.
+.Ef
+.Pp
 .Nx
 supports running
 .Fx