diff --git a/man2/pivot_root.2 b/man2/pivot_root.2
index 6853e9bd9..f4e29cc62 100644
--- a/man2/pivot_root.2
+++ b/man2/pivot_root.2
@@ -94,19 +94,8 @@ similarly, if
 .I put_old
 is an existing mount point, its propagation type must not be
 .BR MS_SHARED .
-.\" FIXME
-.\" mtk: I am very suspicious of the following paragraph. My testing suggests
-.\" that pivot_root() fails with the error EINVAL in the case where
-.\" the current root (after chroot()) is not a mount point. And tehre are
-.\" these lines in pivot_root():
-.\"        error = -EINVAL;
-.\"        if (root.mnt->mnt_root != root.dentry)
-.\"                goto out4; /* not a mountpoint */
-.PP
-If the current root is not a mount point (e.g., after an earlier
-.BR chroot (2)),
-then the mount point of the filesystem containing the current root directory
-(i.e., not the directory itself) is mounted on \fIput_old\fP.
+.IP \-
+The current root directory must be a mount point.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 On success, zero is returned.
 On error, \-1 is returned, and
@@ -149,6 +138,11 @@ is not a mount point.
 \fIput_old\fP is not underneath \fInew_root\fP.
 .TP
 .B EINVAL
+The current root directory is not a mount point
+(because of an earlier
+.BR chroot (2)).
+.TP
+.B EINVAL
 The current root is on the rootfs (initial ramfs) filesystem; see NOTES.
 .TP
 .B EINVAL