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diff --git a/src/mandb.c b/src/mandb.c
index e62085ea..07ea923c 100644
--- a/src/mandb.c
+++ b/src/mandb.c
@@ -896,8 +896,15 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
#ifdef MAN_OWNER
man_owner = get_man_owner ();
- if (!user && euid != 0 && euid != man_owner->pw_uid)
+ if (!user && euid != 0 && euid != man_owner->pw_uid) {
user = true;
+ if (!quiet)
+ fprintf (stderr,
+ _("Only the '%s' user can create or update "
+ "system-wide databases; acting as if the "
+ "--user-db option was used.\n"),
+ man_owner->pw_name);
+ }
#endif /* MAN_OWNER */
read_config_file (user);