diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5
index 128b12065..77ef457b1 100644
--- a/man5/proc.5
+++ b/man5/proc.5
@@ -1099,6 +1099,10 @@ are not available if the main thread has already terminated
 .TP
 .IR /proc/[pid]/smaps " (since Linux 2.6.14)"
 This file shows memory consumption for each of the process's mappings.
+(The
+.BR pmap (1)
+command displays similar information,
+in a form that may be easier for parsing.)
 For each mapping there is a series of lines such as the following:
 .in +4n
 .nf