diff --git a/man7/locale.7 b/man7/locale.7
index 954d8cc6d..18e9cfe04 100644
--- a/man7/locale.7
+++ b/man7/locale.7
@@ -95,6 +95,12 @@ the German sharp s is sorted as "ss".
 This category determines the interpretation of byte sequences as characters
 (e.g., single versus multibyte characters), character classifications
 (e.g., alphabetic or digit), and the behavior of character classes.
+On glibc systems this category also determines
+the character transliteration rules
+for
+.BR iconv (1)
+and
+.BR iconv (3).
 It changes the behavior of the character handling and
 classification functions, such as
 .BR isupper (3)
@@ -366,10 +372,12 @@ POSIX.1-2001.
 .\"
 .\" The GNU gettext functions are specified in LI18NUX2000.
 .SH SEE ALSO
+.BR iconv (1),
 .BR locale (1),
 .BR localedef (1),
 .BR catopen (3),
 .BR gettext (3),
+.BR iconv (3),
 .BR localeconv (3),
 .BR mbstowcs (3),
 .BR newlocale (3),