aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/man2
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'man2')
-rw-r--r--man2/pivot_root.26
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man2/pivot_root.2 b/man2/pivot_root.2
index d7ca80d4af..46c44688c5 100644
--- a/man2/pivot_root.2
+++ b/man2/pivot_root.2
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ pivot_root \- change the root filesystem
There is no glibc wrapper for this system call; see NOTES.
.SH DESCRIPTION
.BR pivot_root ()
-moves the root filesystem of the calling process to the
-directory \fIput_old\fP and makes \fInew_root\fP the new root filesystem
-of the calling process.
+changes the root filesystem in the mount namespace of the calling process.
+More precisely, it moves the root filesystem to the
+directory \fIput_old\fP and makes \fInew_root\fP the new root filesystem.
The calling process must have the
.B CAP_SYS_ADMIN
capability in the user namespace that owns the caller's mount namespace.