diff -up numactl-2.0.8/numactl.8.orig numactl-2.0.8/numactl.8
--- numactl-2.0.8/numactl.8.orig	2013-08-19 18:09:06.810007252 +0200
+++ numactl-2.0.8/numactl.8	2013-08-19 18:09:36.746029049 +0200
@@ -153,7 +153,11 @@ A !N-N notation indicates the inverse of
 except N-N.  If used with + notation, specify !+N-N.
 .TP
 .B \-\-localalloc, \-l 
-Always allocate on the current node.
+Falls back to the system default which is local allocation by using
+.I MPOL_DEFAULT
+policy. See
+.I mbind(2)
+for details.
 .TP
 .B \-\-preferred=node
 Preferably allocate memory on 
diff -up numactl-2.0.8/numactl.8.orig.orig numactl-2.0.8/numactl.8.orig