diff --git a/man7/uts_namespaces.7 b/man7/uts_namespaces.7
index d1f1ed6ab..731531fe1 100644
--- a/man7/uts_namespaces.7
+++ b/man7/uts_namespaces.7
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ and can be retrieved using
 .BR gethostname (2),
 and
 .BR getdomainname (2).
+Changes made to these identifiers are visible to all other
+processes in the same UTS namespace,
+but are not visible to processes in other UTS namespaces.
 .PP
 .PP
 When a process creates a new UTS namespace using