diff --git a/man2/pidfd_open.2 b/man2/pidfd_open.2
index b67320708..887aa769d 100644
--- a/man2/pidfd_open.2
+++ b/man2/pidfd_open.2
@@ -113,13 +113,11 @@ flag in
 .SH EXAMPLE
 The program below opens a PID file descriptor for the
 process whose PID is specified as its command-line argument.
-It then monitors the file descriptor for readability
-.RB ( POLLIN )
-using
-.BR poll (2).
-When the process with the specified by PID terminates,
+It then uses
 .BR poll (2)
-returns, and indicates that the file descriptor is readable.
+to monitor the file descriptor for process exit, as indicated by an
+.BR EPOLLIN
+event.
 .\"
 .SS Program source
 \&