diff --git a/man2/clone.2 b/man2/clone.2
index ceea50281..6e10fac6b 100644
--- a/man2/clone.2
+++ b/man2/clone.2
@@ -594,10 +594,19 @@ altogether in Linux 2.6.38.
 If
 .B CLONE_SYSVSEM
 is set, then the child and the calling process share
-a single list of System\ V semaphore undo values (see
+a single list of System V semaphore adjustment
+.RI ( semadj )
+values (see
 .BR semop (2)).
-If this flag is not set, then the child has a separate undo list,
-which is initially empty.
+In this case, the shared list accumulates
+.I semadj
+values across all processes sharing the list,
+and semaphore adjustments are performed only when the last process
+that is sharing the list terminates (or ceases sharing the list using
+.BR unshare (2)).
+If this flag is not set, then the child has a separate 
+.I semadj
+list that is initially empty.
 .TP
 .BR CLONE_THREAD " (since Linux 2.4.0-test8)"
 If