diff --git a/man2/mount.2 b/man2/mount.2
index 6f7f80d7c..69fd1e677 100644
--- a/man2/mount.2
+++ b/man2/mount.2
@@ -413,10 +413,11 @@ and
 .IR data
 arguments are ignored.
 .PP
-The remaining bits in the
+The remaining bits (other than
+.BR MS_REC ,
+described below) in the
 .I mountflags
-argument are also ignored, with the exception of
-.BR MS_REC .
+argument are also ignored.
 (The bind mount has the same mount options as
 the underlying mount point.)
 However, see the discussion of remounting above,