Mark Zuckerberg will take a two month paternity leave after his daughter is born

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will take a two month paternity leave once his wife, Priscilla Chan, has their baby girl in the coming months.

"Studies show that when working parents take time to be with their newborns, outcomes are better for the children and families," he writes on his Facebook page.

Facebook offers its US employees up to 4 months of paid parental leave which they can take throughout the year. Although Zuckerberg says he'll be taking two months when his daughter arrives, it's unclear whether he'll be taking any more time later.

The couple first announced Chan's pregnancy in July, when Zuckerberg revealed that they had been trying to have a baby over several years and three miscarriages.

"Every day things are getting a little more real for us, and we're excited to start this next stage in our lives," he writes.

Fortunately for Zuck, he's got a deep bench at Facebook.