diff --git a/man7/raw.7 b/man7/raw.7
index 50763c47b..69acfec10 100644
--- a/man7/raw.7
+++ b/man7/raw.7
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ socket option is enabled on the socket.
 When it is enabled, the packet must contain an IP header.
 For receiving, the IP header is always included in the packet.
 
-Only processes with an effective user ID of 0 or the
+In order to create a raw socket, a process must have the
 .B CAP_NET_RAW
-capability are allowed to open raw sockets.
+capability in the user namespace that governs its network namespace.
 
 All packets or errors matching the
 .I protocol