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-rw-r--r--man2/request_key.23
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/man2/request_key.2 b/man2/request_key.2
index 5e466cac93..ef07a47cb1 100644
--- a/man2/request_key.2
+++ b/man2/request_key.2
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ other process will be searched next,
using that other process's user ID, group ID,
supplementary group IDs, and security context to control access.
.P
-The keys in each keyring searched are checked for a match before any child
+The search of the keyring tree is breadth-first:
+the keys in each keyring searched are checked for a match before any child
keyrings are recursed into.
Only keys that are
.B searchable