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diff --git a/man2/fork.2 b/man2/fork.2
index 061ec16e7c..931e8f76f3 100644
--- a/man2/fork.2
+++ b/man2/fork.2
@@ -145,6 +145,9 @@ Memory in address ranges that have been marked with the
.B MADV_WIPEONFORK
flag is zeroed in the child after a
.BR fork ().
+(The
+.B MADV_WIPEONFORK
+setting remains in place for those address ranges in the child.)
.IP *
The termination signal of the child is always
.B SIGCHLD