diff --git a/man2/set_mempolicy.2 b/man2/set_mempolicy.2
index 0930de98d..7487520e8 100644
--- a/man2/set_mempolicy.2
+++ b/man2/set_mempolicy.2
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 .TH SET_MEMPOLICY 2 "2006-02-07" "SuSE Labs" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 set_mempolicy \- Set default NUMA memory policy for a process and its children.
-
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B "#include <numaif.h>" 
 .sp
@@ -96,7 +95,9 @@ If no node is set in the mask, then the memory is allocated on
 the node of the CPU that triggered the allocation allocation (like
 .BR MPOL_DEFAULT ).
 
-The memory policy is inherited by child processes created using
+The memory policy is preserved across an
+.BR execve (2),
+and is inherited by child processes created using
 .BR fork (2) 
 or 
 .BR clone (2).
@@ -109,7 +110,6 @@ returns 0;
 on error, \-1 is returned and
 .I errno 
 is set to indicate the error.
-
 .\" .SH ERRORS
 .\" FIXME writeme -- no errors are listed on this page
 .\" .