diff --git a/man/systemctl.xml b/man/systemctl.xml
index 6e4b203d8..1c5c884f8 100644
--- a/man/systemctl.xml
+++ b/man/systemctl.xml
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@
                                 state to STDOUT.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
                         <varlistentry>
-                                <term><command>status [NAME...]</command></term>
+                                <term><command>status [NAME...|PID...]</command></term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Show terse runtime
                                 status information about one or more
@@ -365,7 +365,10 @@
                                 generate human-readable output. If you
                                 are looking for computer-parsable
                                 output, use <command>show</command>
-                                instead.</para></listitem>
+                                instead. If a PID is passed
+                                information about the unit the process
+                                of the PID belongs to is
+                                shown.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><command>show [NAME...|JOB...]</command></term>
diff --git a/src/systemctl.c b/src/systemctl.c
index cf075ed7a..6d17649a7 100644
--- a/src/systemctl.c
+++ b/src/systemctl.c
@@ -3709,7 +3709,7 @@ static int systemctl_help(void) {
                "                                  otherwise restart if active\n"
                "  isolate [NAME]                  Start one unit and stop all others\n"
                "  is-active [NAME...]             Check whether units are active\n"
-               "  status [NAME...]                Show runtime status of one or more units\n"
+               "  status [NAME...|PID...]         Show runtime status of one or more units\n"
                "  show [NAME...|JOB...]           Show properties of one or more\n"
                "                                  units/jobs or the manager\n"
                "  reset-maintenance [NAME...]     Reset maintenance state for all, one,\n"