diff --git a/man2/bpf.2 b/man2/bpf.2
index 5d583c7d4..c81b1d939 100644
--- a/man2/bpf.2
+++ b/man2/bpf.2
@@ -153,6 +153,9 @@ is one of the following:
 .TP
 .B BPF_MAP_CREATE
 Create a map and return a file descriptor that refers to the map.
+The close-on-exec file descriptor flag (see
+.BR fcntl (2))
+is automatically enabled for the new file descriptor.
 .TP
 .B BPF_MAP_LOOKUP_ELEM
 Look up an element by key in a specified map and return its value.
@@ -170,6 +173,9 @@ of the next element.
 .B BPF_PROG_LOAD
 Verify and load an eBPF program,
 returning a new file descriptor associated with the program.
+The close-on-exec file descriptor flag (see
+.BR fcntl (2))
+is automatically enabled for the new file descriptor.
 .P
 The
 .I bpf_attr