diff --git a/man2/select_tut.2 b/man2/select_tut.2
index d12450a97..53097a79d 100644
--- a/man2/select_tut.2
+++ b/man2/select_tut.2
@@ -730,62 +730,56 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
         /* NB: read OOB data before normal reads */
 
-        if (fd1 > 0)
-            if (FD_ISSET(fd1, &exceptfds)) {
-                char c;
+        if (fd1 > 0 && FD_ISSET(fd1, &exceptfds)) {
+            char c;
 
-                nbytes = recv(fd1, &c, 1, MSG_OOB);
-                if (nbytes < 1)
-                    SHUT_FD1;
-                else
-                    send(fd2, &c, 1, MSG_OOB);
-            }
-        if (fd2 > 0)
-            if (FD_ISSET(fd2, &exceptfds)) {
-                char c;
+            nbytes = recv(fd1, &c, 1, MSG_OOB);
+            if (nbytes < 1)
+                SHUT_FD1;
+            else
+                send(fd2, &c, 1, MSG_OOB);
+        }
+        if (fd2 > 0 && FD_ISSET(fd2, &exceptfds)) {
+            char c;
 
-                nbytes = recv(fd2, &c, 1, MSG_OOB);
-                if (nbytes < 1)
-                    SHUT_FD2;
-                else
-                    send(fd1, &c, 1, MSG_OOB);
-            }
-        if (fd1 > 0)
-            if (FD_ISSET(fd1, &readfds)) {
-                nbytes = read(fd1, buf1 + buf1_avail,
-                          BUF_SIZE \- buf1_avail);
-                if (nbytes < 1)
-                    SHUT_FD1;
-                else
-                    buf1_avail += nbytes;
-            }
-        if (fd2 > 0)
-            if (FD_ISSET(fd2, &readfds)) {
-                nbytes = read(fd2, buf2 + buf2_avail,
-                          BUF_SIZE \- buf2_avail);
-                if (nbytes < 1)
-                    SHUT_FD2;
-                else
-                    buf2_avail += nbytes;
-            }
-        if (fd1 > 0)
-            if (FD_ISSET(fd1, &writefds)) {
-                nbytes = write(fd1, buf2 + buf2_written,
-                           buf2_avail \- buf2_written);
-                if (nbytes < 1)
-                    SHUT_FD1;
-                else
-                    buf2_written += nbytes;
-            }
-        if (fd2 > 0)
-            if (FD_ISSET(fd2, &writefds)) {
-                nbytes = write(fd2, buf1 + buf1_written,
-                           buf1_avail \- buf1_written);
-                if (nbytes < 1)
-                    SHUT_FD2;
-                else
-                    buf1_written += nbytes;
-            }
+            nbytes = recv(fd2, &c, 1, MSG_OOB);
+            if (nbytes < 1)
+                SHUT_FD2;
+            else
+                send(fd1, &c, 1, MSG_OOB);
+        }
+        if (fd1 > 0 && FD_ISSET(fd1, &readfds)) {
+            nbytes = read(fd1, buf1 + buf1_avail,
+                      BUF_SIZE \- buf1_avail);
+            if (nbytes < 1)
+                SHUT_FD1;
+            else
+                buf1_avail += nbytes;
+        }
+        if (fd2 > 0 && FD_ISSET(fd2, &readfds)) {
+            nbytes = read(fd2, buf2 + buf2_avail,
+                      BUF_SIZE \- buf2_avail);
+            if (nbytes < 1)
+                SHUT_FD2;
+            else
+                buf2_avail += nbytes;
+        }
+        if (fd1 > 0 && FD_ISSET(fd1, &writefds)) {
+            nbytes = write(fd1, buf2 + buf2_written,
+                       buf2_avail \- buf2_written);
+            if (nbytes < 1)
+                SHUT_FD1;
+            else
+                buf2_written += nbytes;
+        }
+        if (fd2 > 0 && FD_ISSET(fd2, &writefds)) {
+            nbytes = write(fd2, buf1 + buf1_written,
+                       buf1_avail \- buf1_written);
+            if (nbytes < 1)
+                SHUT_FD2;
+            else
+                buf1_written += nbytes;
+        }
 
         /* Check if write data has caught read data */