diff --git a/man2/chroot.2 b/man2/chroot.2
index f2c9f05bb..f1e1f2ec8 100644
--- a/man2/chroot.2
+++ b/man2/chroot.2
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 .\" Modified 1997-08-21 by Joseph S. Myers <jsm28@cam.ac.uk>
 .\" Modified 2004-06-23 by Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
 .\"
-.TH CHROOT 2 2004-06-23 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH CHROOT 2 2008-06-23 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 chroot \- change root directory
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ chroot \- change root directory
 .BI "int chroot(const char *" path );
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .BR chroot ()
-changes the root directory to that specified in
+changes the root directory of the calling process to that specified in
 .IR path .
 This directory will be used for pathnames beginning with \fI/\fP.
 The root directory is inherited by all children of the calling process.