diff --git a/man7/man-pages.7 b/man7/man-pages.7
index 58357cd82..819dccd97 100644
--- a/man7/man-pages.7
+++ b/man7/man-pages.7
@@ -102,10 +102,6 @@ Please limit source code line length to no more than about 75 characters
 wherever possible.
 This helps avoid line-wrapping in some mail clients when patches are
 submitted inline.
-.PP
-New sentences should be started on new lines.
-This makes it easier to see the effect of patches,
-which often operate at the level of individual sentences.
 .SS Title line
 The first command in a man page should be a
 .B TH
@@ -527,7 +523,17 @@ The preferred way to write this in the source file is:
 (Using this format, rather than the use of "\efB...\efP()"
 makes it easier to write tools that parse man page source files.)
 .\"
+.SS Use semantic newlines
+In the source of a manual page,
+new sentences should be started on new lines,
+and long sentences should split into lines at clause breaks
+(commas, semicolons, colons, and so on).
+This convention, sometimes known as "semantic newlines",
+makes it easier to see the effect of patches,
+which often operate at the level of individual sentences or sentence clauses.
+.\"
 .SS Formatting conventions (general)
+.PP
 Paragraphs should be separated by suitable markers (usually either
 .I .PP
 or