diff --git a/flawfinder.1 b/flawfinder.1
index 4342b92..bb6d2b1 100644
--- a/flawfinder.1
+++ b/flawfinder.1
@@ -611,7 +611,8 @@ older version of the program being analyzed.
 .TP 12
 .B "flawfinder \-\-patch recent.patch ."
 Examine the current directory recursively, but only report lines
-that were changed or added in recent.patch.
+that were changed or added in the already-applied patchfile named
+\fIrecent.patch\fR.
 
 .TP
 \fBflawfinder \-\-regex "CWE-120|CWE-126" src/\fR