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diff --git a/man2/setuid.2 b/man2/setuid.2
index bf9fc6ddbf..e592511d50 100644
--- a/man2/setuid.2
+++ b/man2/setuid.2
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ setuid \- set user identity
.SH DESCRIPTION
.BR setuid ()
sets the effective user ID of the calling process.
-If the effective UID of the caller is root
-(more precisely: if the caller has the
+If the calling process is prvileged
+(more precisely: if the process has the
.BR CAP_SETUID
capability),
the real UID and saved set-user-ID are also set.