diff --git a/man7/sched.7 b/man7/sched.7
index 6f85ac9cd..69131db2e 100644
--- a/man7/sched.7
+++ b/man7/sched.7
@@ -359,7 +359,10 @@ will yield the current job and wait for a new period to begin.
 .\" Is that intended? (Why?)
 .\"
 .SS SCHED_OTHER: Default Linux time-sharing scheduling
-\fBSCHED_OTHER\fP can be used at only static priority 0.
+\fBSCHED_OTHER\fP can be used at only static priority 0
+(i.e., threads under real-time policies always have priority over
+.B SCHED_OTHER
+processes).
 \fBSCHED_OTHER\fP is the standard Linux time-sharing scheduler that is
 intended for all threads that do not require the special
 real-time mechanisms.