diff --git a/man2/epoll_wait.2 b/man2/epoll_wait.2
index 33e3ce0d6..bebc40bf4 100644
--- a/man2/epoll_wait.2
+++ b/man2/epoll_wait.2
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" 2007-04-30: mtk, Added description of epoll_pwait()
 .\"
-.TH EPOLL_WAIT 2 2014-01-29 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH EPOLL_WAIT 2 2014-01-31 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 epoll_wait, epoll_pwait \- wait for an I/O event on an epoll file descriptor
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -55,9 +55,19 @@ The
 argument specifies the number of milliseconds that
 .BR epoll_wait ()
 will block.
-(This interval will be rounded up to the system clock granularity,
+The call will block until either:
+.IP * 3
+a file descriptor delivers an event;
+.IP *
+the call is interrupted by a signal handler; or
+.IP *
+the timout expires.
+.PP
+Note that the
+.I timeout
+interval will be rounded up to the system clock granularity,
 and kernel scheduling delays mean that the blocking interval
-may overrun by a small amount.)
+may overrun by a small amount.
 Specifying a
 .I timeout
 of \-1 causes
diff --git a/man2/poll.2 b/man2/poll.2
index 0a700651c..b0c32476a 100644
--- a/man2/poll.2
+++ b/man2/poll.2
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 .\" 2006-07-01, mtk, Added POLLRDHUP + various other wording and
 .\"	formatting changes.
 .\"
-.TH POLL 2 2013-11-08 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH POLL 2 2014-01-31 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 poll, ppoll \- wait for some event on a file descriptor
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -128,7 +128,17 @@ The
 argument specifies the number of milliseconds that
 .BR poll ()
 should block waiting for a file descriptor to become ready.
-This interval will be rounded up to the system clock granularity,
+The call will block until either:
+.IP * 3
+a file descriptor becomes ready;
+.IP *
+the call is interrupted by a signal handler; or
+.IP *
+the timout expires.
+.PP
+Note that the
+.I timeout
+interval will be rounded up to the system clock granularity,
 and kernel scheduling delays mean that the blocking interval
 may overrun by a small amount.
 Specifying a negative value in
diff --git a/man2/select.2 b/man2/select.2
index 7221f611b..2a700d59f 100644
--- a/man2/select.2
+++ b/man2/select.2
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 .\" 2005-03-11, mtk, modified pselect() text (it is now a system
 .\"     call in 2.6.16.
 .\"
-.TH SELECT 2 2014-01-24 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH SELECT 2 2014-01-31 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 select, pselect, FD_CLR, FD_ISSET, FD_SET, FD_ZERO \-
 synchronous I/O multiplexing
@@ -162,7 +162,17 @@ The
 argument specifies the interval that
 .BR select ()
 should block waiting for a file descriptor to become ready.
-This interval will be rounded up to the system clock granularity,
+The call will block until either:
+.IP * 3
+a file descriptor becomes ready;
+.IP *
+the call is interrupted by a signal handler; or
+.IP *
+the timout expires.
+.PP
+Note that the
+.I timeout
+interval will be rounded up to the system clock granularity,
 and kernel scheduling delays mean that the blocking interval
 may overrun by a small amount.
 If both fields of the