diff --git a/man2/prctl.2 b/man2/prctl.2
index 4223d5a9b..392e72b4c 100644
--- a/man2/prctl.2
+++ b/man2/prctl.2
@@ -1213,20 +1213,27 @@ arguments must be specified as 0; otherwise the call fails with the error
 .\" commit 356e4bfff2c5489e016fdb925adbf12a1e3950ee
 Sets the state of the speculation misfeature specified in
 .IR arg2 .
-Currently, this argument must be one of:
+The speculation-misfeature settings are per-thread attributes.
+.IP
+Currently,
+.I arg2
+must be one of:
 .RS
 .TP
 .B PR_SPEC_STORE_BYPASS
-speculative store bypass control, or
+Set the state of the speculative store bypass misfeature.
 .\" commit 9137bb27e60e554dab694eafa4cca241fa3a694f
 .TP
 .BR PR_SPEC_INDIRECT_BRANCH " (since Linux 4.20)"
-indirect branch speculation control.
+Set the state of the indirect branch speculation misfeature.
 .RE
 .IP
-(Otherwise the call fails with the error
-.BR ENODEV ).
-These settings are per-thread attributes.
+If
+.I arg2
+does not have one of the above values,
+then the call fails with the error
+.BR ENODEV .
+.IP
 The
 .IR arg3
 argument is used to hand in the control value,