diff --git a/man7/unix.7 b/man7/unix.7
index e6e311f46..2506f4a8d 100644
--- a/man7/unix.7
+++ b/man7/unix.7
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ for a datagram-oriented socket that preserves message boundaries
 sockets are always reliable and don't reorder datagrams);
 and (since Linux 2.6.4)
 .BR SOCK_SEQPACKET ,
-for a connection-oriented socket that preserves message boundaries
+for a sequenced-packet socket that is connection-oriented,
+preserves message boundaries,
 and delivers messages in the order that they were sent.
 
 UNIX domain sockets support passing file descriptors or process credentials