diff --git a/man7/cgroup_namespaces.7 b/man7/cgroup_namespaces.7
index 1bfd42d28..b86cb9fcb 100644
--- a/man7/cgroup_namespaces.7
+++ b/man7/cgroup_namespaces.7
@@ -111,7 +111,21 @@ $ \fBcat /proc/20124/cgroup | grep freezer\fP
 7:freezer:/../sub2
 .in
 .fi
-
+.PP
+From the output of the first command,
+we see that the freezer cgroup membership of the new shell
+(which is in the same cgroup as the initial shell)
+is shown defined relative to the freezer cgroup root directory
+that was established when the new cgroup namespace was created.
+(In absolute terms,
+the new shell is in the
+.I /sub
+freezer cgroup,
+and the root directory of the freezer cgroup hierarchy
+in the new cgroup namespace is also
+.IR /sub .
+Thus, the new shell's cgroup membership is displayed as \(aq/\(aq.)
+.PP
 However, when we look in
 .IR /proc/self/mountinfo
 we see the following anomaly: