diff --git a/passt.1 b/passt.1
index 14b01b2..78b10b8 100644
--- a/passt.1
+++ b/passt.1
@@ -442,9 +442,8 @@ Default is \fBauto\fR.
 
 .TP
 .BR \-\-userns " " \fIspec
-Target user namespace to join, as path or name (i.e. suffix for --nsrun-dir). If
-PID is given, without this option, the user namespace will be the one of the
-corresponding process.
+Target user namespace to join, as a path. If PID is given, without this option,
+the user namespace will be the one of the corresponding process.
 
 This option requires PID, PATH or NAME to be specified.