diff --git a/man8/ld.so.8 b/man8/ld.so.8
index 1c6f34178..35d7db35a 100644
--- a/man8/ld.so.8
+++ b/man8/ld.so.8
@@ -251,6 +251,8 @@ Path where the binary is found (for non-set-user-ID programs).
 For security reasons, since glibc 2.4,
 .B LD_ORIGIN_PATH
 is ignored for set-user-ID/set-group-ID binaries.
+.\" Only used if $ORIGIN can't be determined by normal means
+.\" (from the origin path saved at load time, or from /proc/self/exe)?
 .TP
 .B LD_DYNAMIC_WEAK
 (glibc since 2.1.91)