diff --git a/man7/cgroup_namespaces.7 b/man7/cgroup_namespaces.7
index 6468868f9..d49962fb5 100644
--- a/man7/cgroup_namespaces.7
+++ b/man7/cgroup_namespaces.7
@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@ or
 .BR unshare (2)
 with the
 .BR CLONE_NEWCGROUP
-flag, then its current cgroups directories become its cgroup root directories.
+flag, it enters a new cgroup namespace in which its current
+cgroups directories become the cgroup root directories
+of the new namespace.
 (This applies both for the cgroups version 1 hierarchies
 and the cgroups version 2 unified hierarchy.)