diff --git a/man5/core.5 b/man5/core.5
index 6d3cb8f50..b191c1a2d 100644
--- a/man5/core.5
+++ b/man5/core.5
@@ -274,6 +274,14 @@ to find the right
 .I /proc/[pid]
 directory and probe/enter the crashing process's namespaces if needed.
 .IP *
+The process starts with its current working directory
+as the root directory.
+If desired, it is possible change to the working directory of
+the dumping process by employing the value provided by the
+.I %P
+specifier to change to the location of the dumping process via
+.IR /proc/[pid]/cwd .
+.IP *
 Command-line arguments can be supplied to the
 program (since Linux 2.6.24),
 delimited by white space (up to a total line length of 128 bytes).