diff --git a/man7/unix.7 b/man7/unix.7
index 2fae520e7..1fc27e3f1 100644
--- a/man7/unix.7
+++ b/man7/unix.7
@@ -284,15 +284,28 @@ Enables the receiving of the credentials of the sending process in an
 ancillary message.
 When this option is set and the socket is not yet connected
 a unique name in the abstract namespace will be generated automatically.
-Expects an integer boolean flag.
+.IP
+The value given as an argument to
+.BR setsockopt (2)
+and returned as the result of
+.BR getsockopt (2)
+is an integer boolean flag.
 .TP
 .B SO_PASSSEC
 Enables receiving of the SELinux security label of the peer socket
 in an ancillary message of type
 .BR SCM_SECURITY
 (see below).
-Expects an integer boolean flag.
-Supported for UNIX domain datagram sockets
+.IP
+The value given as an argument to
+.BR setsockopt (2)
+and returned as the result of
+.BR getsockopt (2)
+is an integer boolean flag.
+.IP
+The
+.B SO_PASSSEC
+option is supported for UNIX domain datagram sockets
 .\" commit 877ce7c1b3afd69a9b1caeb1b9964c992641f52a
 since Linux 2.6.18;
 support for UNIX domain stream sockets was added