diff --git a/man2/shmget.2 b/man2/shmget.2
index 318eb27c9..61a718a6c 100644
--- a/man2/shmget.2
+++ b/man2/shmget.2
@@ -197,8 +197,13 @@ shared memory segment, and does not have the
 capability.
 .TP
 .B EEXIST
-.B IPC_CREAT | IPC_EXCL
-was specified and the segment exists.
+.BR IPC_CREAT
+and
+.BR IPC_EXCL
+were specified in
+.IR shmflg ,
+but a shared memory segment already exists for
+.IR key .
 .TP
 .B EINVAL
 A new segment was to be created and