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diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/procctl.2 b/lib/libc/sys/procctl.2
index 76a3cef..dc00093 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/procctl.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/procctl.2
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd December 29, 2014
+.Dd August 21, 2015
.Dt PROCCTL 2
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -148,7 +148,11 @@ The specified process is the root of the reaper tree, i.e.
.Pp
The
.Fa rs_children
-field returns the number of children of the reaper.
+field returns the number of children of the reaper among the descendands.
+It is possible to have a child which reaper is not the specified process,
+since the reaper for the existing children is not reset on the
+.Dv PROC_REAP_ACQUIRE
+operation.
The
.Fa rs_descendants
field returns the total number of descendants of the reaper(s),
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