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diff --git a/share/man/man9/prison_check.9 b/share/man/man9/prison_check.9
--- a/share/man/man9/prison_check.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/prison_check.9
@@ -27,22 +27,23 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd December 11, 2003
+.Dd June 16, 2023
.Dt PRISON_CHECK 9
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm prison_check
-.Nd determine if two credentials belong to the same jail
+.Nd determine if subjects may see entities according to jail restrictions
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In sys/jail.h
.Ft int
.Fn prison_check "struct ucred *cred1" "struct ucred *cred2"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-This function can be used to determine if the two credentials
+This function determines if a subject with credentials
.Fa cred1
-and
+is denied access to subjects or objects with credentials
.Fa cred2
-belong to the same jail.
+according to the policy that a subject can see subjects or objects in its own
+jail or any sub-jail of it.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The
.Fn prison_check
@@ -50,12 +51,9 @@
returns
.Er ESRCH
if
-.Fa cred1
-has been jailed, and
-.Fa cred1
-and
.Fa cred2
-do not belong to the same jail.
+is not in the same jail or a sub-jail of that of
+.Fa cred1 .
In all other cases,
.Fn prison_check
returns zero.

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