-.\" $OpenBSD: pledge.2,v 1.4 2015/10/12 21:40:38 deraadt Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: pledge.2,v 1.5 2015/10/12 23:32:55 deraadt Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2015 Nicholas Marriott <nicm@openbsd.org>
.\"
.Xr execve 2 .
Coupled with the
.Va "proc"
-request, this allows a process to fork and execute another program;
-that new environment will become un-pledged.
-Hopefully this new program uses
-.Xr pledge 2
-soon to reinstantiate the rules it promises to follow.
+request, this allows a process to fork and execute another program.
+The new program starts running without pledge active and hopefully
+makes a new
+.Xr pledge 2 .
.It Va "prot_exec"
Allows the use of
.Dv PROT_EXEC