diff --git a/man1/locale.1 b/man1/locale.1
index c10355f40..a1cdfd8a2 100644
--- a/man1/locale.1
+++ b/man1/locale.1
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ metadata about each locale to be included in the output.
 .TP
 .BR \-m ", " \-\-charmaps
 Display the available charmaps (character set description files).
+To display the current character set for the locale, use
+\fBlocale -c charmap\fR.
 .PP
 The
 .B locale