diff --git a/man7/epoll.7 b/man7/epoll.7
index 04ed90a9b..098e07105 100644
--- a/man7/epoll.7
+++ b/man7/epoll.7
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ The
 list: the set of file descriptors that are "ready" for I/O.
 The ready list is a subset of
 (or, more precisely, a set of references to)
-the file descriptors in the interest list that is dynamically populated
+the file descriptors in the interest list.
+The ready list is dynamically populated
 by the kernel as a result of I/O activity on those file descriptors.
 .PP
 The following system calls are provided to