diff --git a/man2/vfork.2 b/man2/vfork.2
index 423518a13..5dbdffc05 100644
--- a/man2/vfork.2
+++ b/man2/vfork.2
@@ -109,8 +109,11 @@ or it makes a call to
 Until that point, the child shares all memory with its parent,
 including the stack.
 The child must not return from the current function or call
-.BR exit (3),
-but may call
+.BR exit (3)
+(which would have the effect of calling exit handlers
+established by the parent process and flushing the parent's
+.BR stdio (3)
+buffers), but may call
 .BR _exit (2).
 
 As with