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-rw-r--r--lib/libc/sys/setreuid.25
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diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/setreuid.2 b/lib/libc/sys/setreuid.2
index e230925..231c747 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/setreuid.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/setreuid.2
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ Unprivileged users may change the real user
ID to the effective user ID and vice-versa; only the super-user may
make other changes.
.Pp
+If the real user ID is changed (i.e.
+.Fa ruid
+is not -1) or the effective user ID is changed to something other than
+the real user ID, then the saved user ID will be set to the effective user ID.
+.Pp
The
.Fn setreuid
function has been used to swap the real and effective user IDs
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