diff --git a/man2/chown.2 b/man2/chown.2
index 79c87cfcc..e3490236a 100644
--- a/man2/chown.2
+++ b/man2/chown.2
@@ -87,7 +87,12 @@ _ATFILE_SOURCE
 .PD
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 These system calls change the owner and group of a file.
-They differ only in how the file is specified:
+The
+.BR chown (),
+.BR fchown (),
+and
+.BR lchown ()
+system calls differ only in how the file is specified:
 .IP * 2
 .BR chown ()
 changes the ownership of the file specified by
@@ -217,7 +222,9 @@ On error, \-1 is returned, and
 .I errno
 is set appropriately.
 .SH ERRORS
-Depending on the filesystem, other errors can be returned.
+Depending on the filesystem,
+errors other than those listed below can be returned.
+
 The more general errors for
 .BR chown ()
 are listed below.