diff --git a/man2/seccomp.2 b/man2/seccomp.2
index 8a6d63008..0ea15fdcb 100644
--- a/man2/seccomp.2
+++ b/man2/seccomp.2
@@ -467,9 +467,10 @@ was added as a synonym for
 in order to more clearly distinguish the two actions.
 .TP
 .BR SECCOMP_RET_TRAP
-This value results in the kernel sending a
+This value results in the kernel sending a thread-directed
 .BR SIGSYS
-signal to the triggering process without executing the system call.
+signal to the triggering thread.
+(The system call is not executed.)
 Various fields will be set in the
 .I siginfo_t
 structure (see