diff --git a/share/man/man7/hier.7 b/share/man/man7/hier.7
index dcd5d978cd9..c32533ccd0c 100644
--- a/share/man/man7/hier.7
+++ b/share/man/man7/hier.7
@@ -683,9 +683,10 @@ see
 .It Pa db/
 misc. automatically generated system-specific database files
 .It Pa empty/
-empty directory used by
+empty directory for use by programs that need a specifically empty directory.
+Used for instance by
 .Xr sshd 8
-for privilege separation
+for privilege separation.
 .It Pa games/
 misc. game status and score files
 .It Pa heimdal/