diff --git a/man3/ether_aton.3 b/man3/ether_aton.3
index 63ab35948..1dc6953a5 100644
--- a/man3/ether_aton.3
+++ b/man3/ether_aton.3
@@ -125,26 +125,34 @@ struct ether_addr {
 .fi
 .in
 .SH ATTRIBUTES
-.SS Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
-The
-.BR ether_aton ()
-and
+For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
+.BR attributes (7).
+.ad l
+.TS
+allbox;
+lbw33 lb lb
+l l l.
+Interface	Attribute	Value
+T{
+.BR ether_aton (),
 .BR ether_ntoa ()
-functions are not thread-safe.
-.LP
-The
+T}	Thread safety	MT-Unsafe
+T{
 .BR ether_ntohost (),
 .BR ether_hostton (),
 .BR ether_line (),
-.BR ether_ntoa_r ()
-and
+.BR ether_ntoa_r (),
 .BR ether_aton_r ()
-functions are thread-safe.
+T}	Thread safety	MT-Safe
+.TE
+.ad
 .SH CONFORMING TO
 4.3BSD, SunOS.
 .SH BUGS
-The glibc 2.2.5 implementation of
+In glibc 2.2.5 and earlier, the implementation of
 .BR ether_line ()
+.\" The fix was presumably commit c0a0f9a32c8baa6ab93d00eb42d92c02e9e146d7
+.\" which was in glibc 2.3
 is broken.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR ethers (5)