diff --git a/resource.c b/resource.c
index 226686a..59635ab 100644
--- a/resource.c
+++ b/resource.c
@@ -40,6 +40,6 @@ void setup_rlimit(char *config[CFG_IS_VALID + 1]) {
     }
 
     SET_LIMIT(RLIMIT_AS, mem_limit, "memory", "bytes");
-    SET_LIMIT(RLIMIT_NPROC, nproc_limit, "nproc", "processes"); // per user
+    SET_LIMIT(RLIMIT_NPROC, nproc_limit, "nproc", "processes"); // per user, **not** subprocess
     SET_LIMIT(RLIMIT_CPU, time_limit, "time", "seconds");       // except blocked time
 }