diff --git a/sbin/umount/umount.8 b/sbin/umount/umount.8
index d19ea9ae7a49..42b55ee724f5 100644
--- a/sbin/umount/umount.8
+++ b/sbin/umount/umount.8
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ device or remote node (rhost:path), the path to the mount point
 or by the file system ID
 .Ar fsid
 as reported by
-.Dq mount -v .
+.Dq mount -v
+when run by root.
 .Pp
 The options are as follows:
 .Bl -tag -width indent