diff --git a/man7/mq_overview.7 b/man7/mq_overview.7
index ca2cc6745..1d9026b91 100644
--- a/man7/mq_overview.7
+++ b/man7/mq_overview.7
@@ -137,7 +137,8 @@ to link against the real-time library,
 .IR librt .
 .SS /proc interfaces
 The following interfaces can be used to limit the amount of
-kernel memory consumed by POSIX message queues:
+kernel memory consumed by POSIX message queues and to set
+the default attributes for new message queues:
 .TP
 .IR /proc/sys/fs/mqueue/msg_default " (since Linux 3.5)"
 This file defines the value used for a new queue's