diff --git a/man7/user_namespaces.7 b/man7/user_namespaces.7
index 5c792985e..6ab9b7ede 100644
--- a/man7/user_namespaces.7
+++ b/man7/user_namespaces.7
@@ -230,8 +230,9 @@ user namespace can perform such operations.
 
 Holding
 .B CAP_SYS_ADMIN
-within a (noninitial) user namespace allows the creation of bind mounts,
-and mounting of the following types of filesystems:
+within the user namespace associated with a process's mount namespace
+allows that process to create bind mounts
+and mount the following types of filesystems:
 .\" fs_flags = FS_USERNS_MOUNT in kernel sources
 
 .RS 4