diff --git a/man7/mq_overview.7 b/man7/mq_overview.7
index dda649819..674c06f47 100644
--- a/man7/mq_overview.7
+++ b/man7/mq_overview.7
@@ -154,7 +154,9 @@ The upper limit is
 .BR HARD_MAX :
 .IR "(131072\ /\ sizeof(void\ *))"
 (32768 on Linux/86).
-This limit is ignored for privileged processes
+The
+.I msg_max
+limit is ignored for privileged processes
 .RB ( CAP_SYS_RESOURCE ),
 but the
 .BR HARD_MAX