diff --git a/src/cmd/ksh93/shell.3 b/src/cmd/ksh93/shell.3
index 9adfbf271..587ad2285 100644
--- a/src/cmd/ksh93/shell.3
+++ b/src/cmd/ksh93/shell.3
@@ -214,9 +214,9 @@ commands can be logged.
 Do not treat end-of-file as exit.
 .IP
 \f5SH_INTERACTIVE\fP:
-.IP
 Set for interactive shells.
 Do not set or unset this option.
+.IP
 \f5SH_MARKDIRS\fP:
 A \fB/\fP is added to the end of each directory generated by pathname
 expansion.
@@ -243,6 +243,9 @@ Cause the shell to fail with an error of an unset variable is
 referenced.
 .IP
 \f5SH_PRIVILEGED\fP:
+This mode is on whenever the effective uid (gid) is not equal to the real
+uid (gid). Turning this off causes the effective uid and gid to be set to
+the real uid and gid.
 .IP
 \f5SH_VERBOSE\fP:
 Cause each line to be echoed as it is read by the parser.