diff --git a/man2/socketpair.2 b/man2/socketpair.2
index e936e897a..d1daf1d86 100644
--- a/man2/socketpair.2
+++ b/man2/socketpair.2
@@ -112,7 +112,9 @@ supports the
 .BR SOCK_NONBLOCK
 and
 .BR SOCK_CLOEXEC
-flags described in
+flags in the
+.I type
+argument, as described in
 .BR socket (2).
 
 POSIX.1 does not require the inclusion of