diff --git a/man2/kcmp.2 b/man2/kcmp.2
index d834a17bf..cd7cbe71a 100644
--- a/man2/kcmp.2
+++ b/man2/kcmp.2
@@ -187,12 +187,16 @@ is invalid.
 Insufficient permission to inspect process resources.
 The
 .B CAP_SYS_PTRACE
-capability is required to inspect processes that you do not own. Other
-limitations on ptrace apply, such as
+capability is required to inspect processes that you do not own.
+Other ptrace limitations imay also apply, such as
 .BR CONFIG_SECURITY_YAMA ,
-which when /proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope is 2 (the default) limits
-.BR kcmp()
-to child processes.
+which when
+.I /proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope
+is 2 (the default) limits
+.BR kcmp ()
+to child processes;
+see
+.BR ptrace (2).
 .TP
 .B ESRCH
 Process