diff --git a/man2/pause.2 b/man2/pause.2
index 7b2c48d46..892b66f16 100644
--- a/man2/pause.2
+++ b/man2/pause.2
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 .\" Modified 1995 by Mike Battersby (mib@deakin.edu.au)
 .\" Modified 2000 by aeb, following Michael Kerrisk
 .\"
-.TH PAUSE 2 1995-08-31 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH PAUSE 2 2008-10-06 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 pause \- wait for signal
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -36,13 +36,9 @@ pause \- wait for signal
 .B int pause(void);
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .BR pause ()
-causes the invoking process (or thread) to sleep
-until a signal is received that either terminates it or causes it
-to call a signal-catching function.
-.\" The
-.\" .B pause
-.\" system call causes the invoking process to sleep until a signal
-.\" is received.
+causes the calling process (or thread) to sleep
+until a signal is delivered that either terminates the process or causes
+the invocation of a signal-catching function.
 .SH "RETURN VALUE"
 .BR pause ()
 only returns when a signal was caught and the