diff --git a/man2/select.2 b/man2/select.2
index e840ad44a..a010f47ce 100644
--- a/man2/select.2
+++ b/man2/select.2
@@ -197,25 +197,25 @@ The time structures involved are defined in
 .I <sys/time.h>
 and look like
 
-.RS
+.in +0.25i
 .nf
 struct timeval { 
     long    tv_sec;         /* seconds */
     long    tv_usec;        /* microseconds */
 };
 .fi
-.RE
+.in -0.25i
 
 and
 
-.RS
+.in +0.25i
 .nf
 struct timespec {
     long    tv_sec;         /* seconds */
     long    tv_nsec;        /* nanoseconds */
 };
 .fi
-.RE
+.in -0.25i
 
 (However, see below on the POSIX 1003.1-2001 versions.)
 .PP
@@ -389,8 +389,10 @@ was emulated in glibc (but see BUGS).
 .SH "LINUX NOTES"
 The Linux
 .BR pselect ()
-system call modifies its timeout argument.
-However, the glibc wrapper functions hides this behaviour
+system call modifies its 
+.I timeout 
+argument.
+However, the glibc wrapper function hides this behaviour
 by using a local variable for the timeout argument that
 is passed to the system call.
 Thus, the glibc 
@@ -427,7 +429,8 @@ Under Linux,
 may report a socket file descriptor as "ready for reading", while
 nevertheless a subsequent read blocks. This could for example
 happen when data has arrived but upon examination has wrong
-checksum and is discarded. There may be other circumstances.
+checksum and is discarded. There may be other circumstances
+in which a file descriptor is spuriously reported as ready.
 .\" Stevens discusses a case where accept can block after select
 .\" returns successfully because of an intervening RST from the client.
 Thus it may be safer to use O_NONBLOCK on sockets that should not block.