diff --git a/man2/mount.2 b/man2/mount.2
index c712a5286..35fdda084 100644
--- a/man2/mount.2
+++ b/man2/mount.2
@@ -445,7 +445,6 @@ peer mount points will propagate to this mount point.
 .BR MS_PRIVATE
 Make this mount point private.
 Mount and unmount events do not propagate into or out of this mount point.
-This is the default propagation type for newly created mount points.
 .TP
 .BR MS_SLAVE
 If this is a shared mount point that is a member of a peer group
@@ -489,7 +488,8 @@ then the propagation type of all mount points under
 .IR target
 is also changed.
 
-For further details regarding mount propagation types, see
+For further details regarding mount propagation types
+(including the default propagation type assigned to new mounts), see
 .BR mount_namespaces (7).
 .\"
 .SS Moving a mount