diff --git a/man3/aio_fsync.3 b/man3/aio_fsync.3
index dee215dce..af7055bdc 100644
--- a/man3/aio_fsync.3
+++ b/man3/aio_fsync.3
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ is
 .BR O_DSYNC ,
 this call is the asynchronous analog of
 .BR fdatasync (2).
-Note that this is a request only \(em this call does not wait
-for I/O completion.
+
+Note that this is a request only; it does not wait for I/O completion.
 .LP
 Apart from
 .IR aio_fildes ,