diff --git a/man3/des_crypt.3 b/man3/des_crypt.3
index 5a056dd84..7f34c1585 100644
--- a/man3/des_crypt.3
+++ b/man3/des_crypt.3
@@ -127,9 +127,8 @@ is false only for the first two statuses.
 .\" So far the Sun page
 .\" Some additions - aeb
 .SH VERSIONS
-These functions are present in
-glibc 2.1 and later.
-.SH VERSIONS
+These functions were added to glibc in version 2.1.
+.PP
 Because they employ the DES block cipher,
 which is no longer considered secure,
 .BR ecb_crypt (),