diff --git a/man2/mkdir.2 b/man2/mkdir.2
index d517603b4..dbd9d330d 100644
--- a/man2/mkdir.2
+++ b/man2/mkdir.2
@@ -51,15 +51,17 @@ attempts to create a directory named
 
 The argument
 .I mode
-specifies the file mode for the new directory (see
+specifies the mode for the new directory (see
 .BR stat (2)).
 It is modified by the process's
 .I umask
 in the usual way: in the absence of a default ACL, the mode of the
 created directory is
-.RI ( mode " & ~" umask " & 01777)."
-Other mode bits of the created directory depend on the operating system.
-For Linux, see below.
+.RI ( mode " & ~" umask " & 0777)."
+Whether other
+.I mode
+bits are honored for the created directory depends on the operating system.
+For Linux, see NOTES below.
 
 The newly created directory will be owned by the effective user ID of the
 process.
@@ -211,11 +213,10 @@ SVr4, BSD, POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
 .BR mkdirat ():
 POSIX.1-2008.
 .SH NOTES
-Under Linux, apart from the permission bits, only the
+Under Linux, apart from the permission bits, the
 .B S_ISVTX
-mode bit is honored.
-See also
-.BR stat (2).
+.I mode
+bit is also honored.
 .PP
 There are many infelicities in the protocol underlying NFS.
 Some of these affect