diff --git a/man1/memusage.1 b/man1/memusage.1
index 30182cee2..413dff3a1 100644
--- a/man1/memusage.1
+++ b/man1/memusage.1
@@ -74,10 +74,12 @@ calls,
 and sum of \fIlength\fR arguments of all
 .BR mmap (2)
 calls.
-In a case of realloc, respectively mremap, if a new size of an original 
-malloc,
-respectively mremap call is bigger than an old one,
-sum of all such differences (new size - old size) is added.
+In the case of
+.BR realloc (3)
+and
+.BR mremap (2),
+if the new size of an allocation is larger than the previous size,
+the sum of all such differences (new size minus old size) is added.
 .TP
 .B "heap peak"
 Maximum of all \fIsize\fR arguments of
@@ -101,13 +103,18 @@ the difference from the base stack pointer computed.
 The maximum of these differences is then the stack peak.
 .RE
 .PP
-If
+Immediately following this summary line, a table shows the number calls,
+total memory allocated or deallocated, 
+and number of failed calls for each intercepted function.
+
+The "realloc/total memory" of the table output by
+.B memusage
+does not reflect cases where
 .BR realloc (3)
 is used to reallocate a block of memory
-to have a smaller size than previously,
-total memory of realloc cell is not updated.
-This can cause sum of all cells (excluding free) of total memory being
-greater than free cell.
+to have a smaller size than previously.
+This can cause sum of all "total memory" cells (excluding "free")
+to be larger than the "free/total memory" cell.
 .SS Histogram for block sizes
 The "Histogram for block sizes" provides a breakdown of memory
 allocations into various bucket sizes.