diff --git a/man7/pthreads.7 b/man7/pthreads.7
index 3a6882868..98eb86187 100644
--- a/man7/pthreads.7
+++ b/man7/pthreads.7
@@ -121,12 +121,14 @@ This identifier is returned to the caller of
 .BR pthread_create (3),
 and a thread can obtain its own thread identifier using
 .BR pthread_self (3).
+
 Thread IDs are guaranteed to be unique only within a process.
+(In all pthreads functions that accept a thread ID as an argument,
+that ID by definition refers to a thread in
+the same process as the caller.)
+
 A thread ID may be reused after a terminated thread has been joined,
 or a detached thread has terminated.
-In all pthreads functions that accept a thread ID as an argument,
-that ID by definition refers to a thread in
-the same process as the caller.
 .SS Thread-safe functions
 A thread-safe function is one that can be safely
 (i.e., it will deliver the same results regardless of whether it is)