diff --git a/man2/fcntl.2 b/man2/fcntl.2
index e26c8da3d..9bb558251 100644
--- a/man2/fcntl.2
+++ b/man2/fcntl.2
@@ -498,7 +498,10 @@ and are only automatically released on the last close
 of the open file description,
 instead of being released on any close of the file.
 .PP
-Open file description locks always conflict with traditional record locks,
+Conflicting lock combinations
+(i.e., a read lock and a write lock or two write locks)
+where one lock is an open file description lock and the other
+is a traditional record lock conflict
 even when they are acquired by the same process on the same file descriptor.
 
 Open file description locks placed via the same open file description