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diff --git a/doc/man/pam_set_data.3.xml b/doc/man/pam_set_data.3.xml
index 2bcfeb0b..f8c89883 100644
--- a/doc/man/pam_set_data.3.xml
+++ b/doc/man/pam_set_data.3.xml
@@ -113,7 +113,13 @@
<para>
Which indicates that the process would prefer to perform the
<function>cleanup()</function> quietly. That is, discourages
- logging/messages to the user.
+ logging/messages to the user. It is generally used to indicate that
+ the current closing of the library is in a
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>fork</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>ed
+ process, and that the parent will take care of cleaning up things
+ that exist outside of the current process space (files etc.).
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>