diff --git a/man2/getrlimit.2 b/man2/getrlimit.2
index a56286ee1..f488af488 100644
--- a/man2/getrlimit.2
+++ b/man2/getrlimit.2
@@ -599,6 +599,9 @@ inherits its parent's resource limits.
 Resource limits are preserved across
 .BR execve (2).
 .PP
+Resource limits are per-process attributes that are shared
+by all of the threads in a process.
+.PP
 Lowering the soft limit for a resource below the process's
 current consumption of that resource will succeed
 (but will prevent the process from further increasing