diff --git a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog
index 2f33669cf..938550514 100644
--- a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-03-18  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@timesys.com>
+
+	* cygwinenv.sgml: Rename fork_retry to proc_retry since it has turned
+	out to be more general than just fork.
+
 2006-03-13  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@timesys.com>
 
 	* cygwinenv.sgml: Explain about new fork_retry CYGWIN environment
diff --git a/winsup/doc/cygwinenv.sgml b/winsup/doc/cygwinenv.sgml
index 63f927e73..9cec61aae 100644
--- a/winsup/doc/cygwinenv.sgml
+++ b/winsup/doc/cygwinenv.sgml
@@ -101,8 +101,9 @@ down.
 </para>
 </listitem>
 <listitem>
-<para><envar>fork_retry:n</envar> - causes the <function>fork()</function>
-to retry n times when a child process fails due to certain specific errors.
+<para><envar>proc_retry:n</envar> - causes the <function>fork()</function> and <function>exec*()</function>
+to retry n times when a child process fails due to certain windows-specific errors.  These errors usually
+occur when processes are being started while a user is logging off.
 </para>
 </listitem>
 <listitem>