diff --git a/man2/request_key.2 b/man2/request_key.2
index 6207b33db..f040eff7e 100644
--- a/man2/request_key.2
+++ b/man2/request_key.2
@@ -124,8 +124,9 @@ The kernel creates an uninstantiated key, U, with the requested
 and
 .IR description .
 .IP b)
-The kernel creates an authorization key, V, that refers to the key U
-and records the facts that the caller of
+The kernel creates an authorization key, V,
+.\" struct request_key_auth, defined in security/keys/internal.h
+that refers to the key U and records the facts that the caller of
 .BR request_key (2)
 is:
 .RS
@@ -154,10 +155,15 @@ permissions to the key possessor as well as
 permission for the key user.
 .IP *
 The description (name) of the key is the hexadecimal
-string representing the ID of the key that is to be instantiated.
+string representing the ID of the key that is to be instantiated
+in the requesting program.
 .IP *
 The payload of the key is taken from the data specified in
 .IR callout_info .
+.IP *
+Internally, the kernel also records a record of the PID of the process
+that called
+.BR request_key (2).
 .RE
 .IP c)
 The kernel creates a process that executes a user-space service such as