diff --git a/man2/select.2 b/man2/select.2
index 08b2ae537..44ed6eddf 100644
--- a/man2/select.2
+++ b/man2/select.2
@@ -73,9 +73,7 @@ Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
 _POSIX_C_SOURCE\ >=\ 200112L
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .BR select ()
-and
-.BR pselect ()
-allow a program to monitor multiple file descriptors,
+allows a program to monitor multiple file descriptors,
 waiting until one or more of the file descriptors become "ready"
 for some class of I/O operation (e.g., input possible).
 A file descriptor is considered ready if it is possible to
@@ -92,39 +90,6 @@ can monitor only file descriptors numbers that are less than
 does not have this limitation.
 See BUGS.
 .PP
-The operation of
-.BR select ()
-and
-.BR pselect ()
-is identical, other than these three differences:
-.TP
-(i)
-.BR select ()
-uses a timeout that is a
-.I struct timeval
-(with seconds and microseconds), while
-.BR pselect ()
-uses a
-.I struct timespec
-(with seconds and nanoseconds).
-.TP
-(ii)
-.BR select ()
-may update the
-.I timeout
-argument to indicate how much time was left.
-.BR pselect ()
-does not change this argument.
-.TP
-(iii)
-.BR select ()
-has no
-.I sigmask
-argument, and behaves as
-.BR pselect ()
-called with NULL
-.IR sigmask .
-.PP
 Three independent sets of file descriptors are watched.
 The file descriptors listed in
 .I readfds
@@ -201,6 +166,46 @@ If
 is NULL (no timeout),
 .BR select ()
 can block indefinitely.
+.\"
+.SS pselect()
+.PP
+The
+.BR pselect ()
+system call allows an application to safely wait until either
+a file descriptor becomes ready or until a signal is caught.
+.PP
+The operation of
+.BR select ()
+and
+.BR pselect ()
+is identical, other than these three differences:
+.TP
+(i)
+.BR select ()
+uses a timeout that is a
+.I struct timeval
+(with seconds and microseconds), while
+.BR pselect ()
+uses a
+.I struct timespec
+(with seconds and nanoseconds).
+.TP
+(ii)
+.BR select ()
+may update the
+.I timeout
+argument to indicate how much time was left.
+.BR pselect ()
+does not change this argument.
+.TP
+(iii)
+.BR select ()
+has no
+.I sigmask
+argument, and behaves as
+.BR pselect ()
+called with NULL
+.IR sigmask .
 .PP
 .I sigmask
 is a pointer to a signal mask (see