diff --git a/man8/ld.so.8 b/man8/ld.so.8
index bc0edd9f9..6c5310e9c 100644
--- a/man8/ld.so.8
+++ b/man8/ld.so.8
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ In secure-execution mode,
 preload pathnames containing slashes are ignored.
 Furthermore, shared objects are prelaoded only
 from the standard search directories and and only
-if they have set-user-ID mode bit enabled.
+if they have set-user-ID mode bit enabled (which is not typical).
 
 Within the names specified in the
 .BR LD_PRELOAD