diff --git a/man2/recv.2 b/man2/recv.2
index 61804550c..136427d8d 100644
--- a/man2/recv.2
+++ b/man2/recv.2
@@ -131,9 +131,7 @@ call may be used to determine when more data arrives.
 .PP
 The
 .I flags
-argument to a
-.BR recv ()
-call is formed by ORing one or more of the following values:
+argument is formed by ORing one or more of the following values:
 .TP
 .BR MSG_CMSG_CLOEXEC " (" recvmsg "() only; since Linux 2.6.23)"
 Set the close-on-exec flag for the file descriptor received