diff --git a/man/systemd.mount.xml b/man/systemd.mount.xml
index 9160db6f30..8607bd797f 100644
--- a/man/systemd.mount.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.mount.xml
@@ -76,13 +76,17 @@
     which define the way the processes are terminated, and in
     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.resource-control</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
     which configure resource control settings for the processes of the
-    service. Note that the User= and Group= options are not
-    particularly useful for mount units specifying a
-    <literal>Type=</literal> option or using configuration not
-    specified in <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>;
+    service.</para>
+
+    <para>Note that the options <varname>User=</varname> and
+    <varname>Group=</varname> are not useful for mount units.
+    systemd passes two parameters to
+    <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>;
+    the values of <varname>What=</varname> and <varname>Where=</varname>.
+    When invoked in this way,
     <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
-    will refuse options that are not listed in
-    <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> if it is not run as UID 0.</para>
+    does not read any options from <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>, and
+    must be run as UID 0.</para>
 
     <para>Mount units must be named after the mount point directories they control. Example: the mount point <filename
     noindex='true'>/home/lennart</filename> must be configured in a unit file <filename>home-lennart.mount</filename>.