diff --git a/man2/semget.2 b/man2/semget.2
index 3bfdc4ff8..1244527a9 100644
--- a/man2/semget.2
+++ b/man2/semget.2
@@ -265,9 +265,10 @@ Maximum number of semaphores per semaphore ID: implementation dependent
 System-wide limit on the number of semaphores: policy dependent
 (on Linux, this limit can be read and modified via the second field of
 .IR /proc/sys/kernel/sem ).
-Values greater than
-.B SEMMSL * SEMMNI
-makes it irrelevant.
+Note that number of semaphores system-wide is also limited by the product of
+.B SEMMSL
+and
+.BR SEMMNI .
 .SH BUGS
 The name choice
 .B IPC_PRIVATE