diff --git a/man2/execve.2 b/man2/execve.2
index 154b38d42..eb44abd31 100644
--- a/man2/execve.2
+++ b/man2/execve.2
@@ -210,8 +210,7 @@ The following Linux-specific process attributes are also
 not preserved during an
 .BR execve ():
 .IP * 3
-The process's dumpable
-flag is set to the value 1,
+The process's "dumpable" attribute is set to the value 1,
 unless a set-user-ID program, a set-group-ID program,
 or a program with capabilities is being executed,
 in which case the dumpable flag may instead be reset to the value in
@@ -220,6 +219,13 @@ in the circumstances described under
 .BR PR_SET_DUMPABLE
 in
 .BR prctl (2).
+Note that changes to the "dumpable" attribute may cause ownership
+of files in the process's
+.IR /proc/[pid]
+directory to change to
+.IR root:root ,
+as described in
+.BR proc (5).
 .IP *
 The
 .BR prctl (2)