diff --git a/man7/namespaces.7 b/man7/namespaces.7
index 46264ef7d..ffc168493 100644
--- a/man7/namespaces.7
+++ b/man7/namespaces.7
@@ -418,6 +418,16 @@ and can be retrieved using
 and
 .BR getdomainname (2).
 .PP
+.PP
+When a process creates a new UTS namespace using
+.BR clone (2)
+or
+.BR unshare (2)
+with the
+.BR CLONE_NEWUTS
+flag, the hostname and domain of the new UTS namespace are copied
+from the corresponding values in the caller's UTS namespace.
+.PP
 Use of UTS namespaces requires a kernel that is configured with the
 .B CONFIG_UTS_NS
 option.