diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/chmod.2 b/lib/libc/sys/chmod.2
index 302be5974d4e..57befc3603c5 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/chmod.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/chmod.2
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: chmod.2,v 1.7 1995/02/27 12:32:06 cgd Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: chmod.2,v 1.8 1997/05/13 17:45:16 kleink Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -113,7 +113,9 @@ permissions.
 For more details of the properties of the sticky bit, see
 .Xr sticky 8 .
 .Pp
-Writing or changing the owner of a file
+Changing the owner of a file
+turns off the set-user-id and set-group-id bits;
+writing to a file
 turns off the set-user-id and set-group-id bits
 unless the user is the super-user.
 This makes the system somewhat more secure