diff --git a/man2/pivot_root.2 b/man2/pivot_root.2
index 0e4f23808..7b91dbc14 100644
--- a/man2/pivot_root.2
+++ b/man2/pivot_root.2
@@ -191,9 +191,9 @@ placing the old root mount at a location under
 .I new_root
 from where it can subsequently be unmounted.
 (The fact that it moves all processes that have a root directory
-or current working directory on the old root filesystem to the
-new root filesystem frees the old root filesystem of users,
-allowing it to be unmounted more easily.)
+or current working directory on the old root directory to the
+new root frees the old root directory of users,
+allowing the old root filesystem to be unmounted more easily.)
 .PP
 A typical use of
 .BR pivot_root ()