diff --git a/man2/process_madvise.2 b/man2/process_madvise.2
index 13950936e..f21a4efac 100644
--- a/man2/process_madvise.2
+++ b/man2/process_madvise.2
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ is too big, or
 is invalid,
 then an error will be returned immediately and no advice will be applied.
 .PP
-The hint might be applied to a part of
+The hint might be applied to only a part of
 .I iovec
 if one of its elements points to an invalid memory region in the
 remote process.
 No further elements will be processed beyond that point.
+(See the discussion regarding partial advice in RETURN VALUE.)
 .PP
 Permission to provide a hint to another process is governed by a
 ptrace access mode