diff --git a/man7/namespaces.7 b/man7/namespaces.7
index a2f1d8df2..9332dfced 100644
--- a/man7/namespaces.7
+++ b/man7/namespaces.7
@@ -675,8 +675,8 @@ There is an exception to this requirement:
 a process writing to
 .I uid_map
 .RI ( gid_map )
-is allowed to map any single UID (GID) to the file system UID (GID) of the
-caller in the parent user namespace.
+is allowed to map any single UID (GID) to the caller's file system UID (GID)
+in the parent user namespace.
 .IP *
 The process must be in either the user namespace of the process
 .I pid