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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index a7768083f..fe5fc6a75 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -5474,7 +5474,7 @@ Always follow symbolic links.
Preserve the original files' owner, group, permissions, and timestamps.
In the absence of this option, each destination file is created with the
permissions of the corresponding source file, minus the bits set in the
-umask. @xref{File permissions}.
+umask and minus the set-user-id and set-group-id bits. @xref{File permissions}.
@item -P
@itemx --parents