diff --git a/man2/prctl.2 b/man2/prctl.2
index 2789ff544..0f9c63fa1 100644
--- a/man2/prctl.2
+++ b/man2/prctl.2
@@ -257,6 +257,12 @@ Processes that are not dumpable can not be attached via
 see
 .BR ptrace (2)
 for further details.
+
+If a process is not dumpable,
+the ownership of files in the process's
+.IR /proc/[pid]
+directory is affected as described in
+.BR proc (5).
 .TP
 .BR PR_GET_DUMPABLE " (since Linux 2.3.20)"
 Return (as the function result) the current state of the calling