diff --git a/man7/cgroups.7 b/man7/cgroups.7
index 74553307e..3552cafa1 100644
--- a/man7/cgroups.7
+++ b/man7/cgroups.7
@@ -1069,9 +1069,9 @@ file in the destination cgroup.
 .IP *
 The writer has write permission on the
 .I cgroup.procs
-file in the common ancestor of the source and destination cgroups.
+file in the nearest common ancestor of the source and destination cgroups.
 (In some cases,
-the common ancestor may be the source or destination cgroup itself.)
+the nearest common ancestor may be the source or destination cgroup itself.)
 .IP *
 If the cgroup v2 filesystem was mounted with the
 .I nsdelegate