diff --git a/man3/pthread_mutexattr_setrobust.3 b/man3/pthread_mutexattr_setrobust.3
index d94fe9d38..8c97d570a 100644
--- a/man3/pthread_mutexattr_setrobust.3
+++ b/man3/pthread_mutexattr_setrobust.3
@@ -238,11 +238,10 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
     int s;
 
     pthread_mutexattr_init(&attr);
-                                /* initialize the attributes object */
-    pthread_mutexattr_setrobust(&attr, PTHREAD_MUTEX_ROBUST);
-                               /* set robustness */
 
-    pthread_mutex_init(&mtx, &attr);   /* initialize the mutex */
+    pthread_mutexattr_setrobust(&attr, PTHREAD_MUTEX_ROBUST);
+
+    pthread_mutex_init(&mtx, &attr);
 
     pthread_create(&thr, NULL, original_owner_thread, NULL);