diff --git a/man2/recv.2 b/man2/recv.2
index ff32ccbea..8f986a193 100644
--- a/man2/recv.2
+++ b/man2/recv.2
@@ -137,8 +137,9 @@ flag of
 .TP
 .B MSG_DONTWAIT
 Enables non-blocking operation; if the operation would block,
+the call fails with the error
 .B EAGAIN
-is returned (this can also be enabled using the
+(this can also be enabled using the
 .B O_NONBLOCK
 with the
 .B F_SETFL