diff --git a/usr.sbin/pciconf/pciconf.8 b/usr.sbin/pciconf/pciconf.8
index 2933c04bf6ae..ea41bbad46b9 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/pciconf/pciconf.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/pciconf/pciconf.8
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ utility provides a command line interface to functionality provided by the
 .Xr pci 4
 .Xr ioctl 2
 interface.
-As such, it is only available to users with write access to
+As such, some of the functions are only available to users with write
+access to
 .Pa /dev/pci ,
 normally only the super-user.
 .Pp