diff --git a/man7/cgroups.7 b/man7/cgroups.7
index 962a216c0..215e2eaad 100644
--- a/man7/cgroups.7
+++ b/man7/cgroups.7
@@ -966,7 +966,7 @@ mount -t cgroup2 -o remount,nsdelegate \\
 .\" The effect of the latter option is to prevent systemd from employing
 .\" its "hybrid" cgroup mode, where it tries to make use of cgroups v2.
 .PP
-The effect of this option is to cause cgroup namespaces
+The effect of this mount option is to cause cgroup namespaces
 to automatically become delegation boundaries.
 More specifically,
 the following restrictions apply for processes inside the cgroup namespace: