diff --git a/man3/basename.3 b/man3/basename.3
index cb8a5b237..b4b9e106e 100644
--- a/man3/basename.3
+++ b/man3/basename.3
@@ -168,9 +168,12 @@ when
 .I <libgen.h>
 is included, and the GNU version otherwise.
 .SH BUGS
-In the glibc implementation of the POSIX versions of these functions
-they modify their argument, and segfault when called with a static string
-like "/usr/".
+In the glibc implementation,
+the POSIX versions of these functions modify the
+.I path
+argument, and segfault when called with a static string
+such as "/usr/".
+
 Before glibc 2.2.1, the glibc version of
 .BR dirname ()
 did not correctly handle pathnames with trailing \(aq/\(aq characters,