diff --git a/man8/ld.so.8 b/man8/ld.so.8
index 9e1545cff..c34dadbcb 100644
--- a/man8/ld.so.8
+++ b/man8/ld.so.8
@@ -189,7 +189,8 @@ For security reasons,
 the effects of some environment variables are voided or modified if
 the dynamic linker determines that the binary should be
 run in secure-execution mode.
-This determination is made by checking whether the
+(For details, see the discussion of individual environment variables below.)
+A binary is executed in secure-execution mode if the
 .B AT_SECURE
 entry in the auxiliary vector (see
 .BR getauxval (3))