diff --git a/man7/cgroups.7 b/man7/cgroups.7
index c4e1f2102..f2600459d 100644
--- a/man7/cgroups.7
+++ b/man7/cgroups.7
@@ -799,12 +799,6 @@ The following keys currently appear in this file:
 .I nr_descendants
 This is the total number of visible (i.e., living) descendant cgroups
 underneath this cgroup.
-.\" FIXME
-.\" For the following text on nr_dying_descendants, it would I think
-.\" be helpful to describe a condrete example of when one might see
-.\" nr_dying_descendants a nonzero value for this key. Ideally, the
-.\" example would be one that the reader could easily reproduce. Is
-.\" there such an example?
 .TP
 .I nr_dying_descendants
 This is the total number of dying descendant cgroups
@@ -812,7 +806,9 @@ underneath this cgroup.
 A cgroup enters the dying state after being deleted.
 It remains in that state for an undefined period
 (which will depend on system load)
-before being destroyed.
+while resources are freed before the cgroup is destroyed.
+Note that the presence of some cgroups in the dying state is normal,
+and is not indicative of any problem.
 .IP
 A process can't be made a member of a dying cgroup,
 and a dying cgroup can't be brought back to life.