diff --git a/man2/keyctl.2 b/man2/keyctl.2
index 878f0d731..1b88e97d9 100644
--- a/man2/keyctl.2
+++ b/man2/keyctl.2
@@ -889,10 +889,6 @@ via the function
 .TP
 .BR KEYCTL_SET_REQKEY_KEYRING " (since Linux 2.6.13)"
 Set the default keyring to which implicitly requested keys
-.\" FIXME
-.\" Does this operation have any effect for the request_key(2) system call?
-.\"
-.\"	David Howells: to be checked
 will be linked for this thread, and return the previous setting.
 Implicit key requests are those made by internal kernel components,
 .\" I.e., calls to the kernel's internal request_key() interface,
@@ -900,6 +896,10 @@ Implicit key requests are those made by internal kernel components,
 .\" ultimately employs the kernel-internal interface).
 such as can occur when, for example, opening files
 on an AFS or NFS filesystem.
+Setting the default keyring also has an effect when requesting
+a key from user space; see
+.BR request_key (2)
+for details.
 
 The
 .I arg2