diff --git a/man2/chmod.2 b/man2/chmod.2
index 4a4875c82..e09d03ecf 100644
--- a/man2/chmod.2
+++ b/man2/chmod.2
@@ -223,6 +223,11 @@ If
 is a symbolic link, do not dereference it:
 instead operate on the link itself.
 This flag is not currently implemented.
+.PP
+See
+.BR openat (2)
+for an explanation of the need for
+.BR fchmodat ().
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 On success, zero is returned.
 On error, \-1 is returned, and
@@ -330,12 +335,9 @@ library support was added to glibc in version 2.4.
 .BR fchmodat ():
 POSIX.1-2008.
 .SH NOTES
-See
-.BR openat (2)
-for an explanation of the need for
-.BR fchmodat ().
-
-The GNU C library wrapper function implements the POSIX-specified
+The GNU C library
+.BR fchmodat ()
+wrapper function implements the POSIX-specified
 interface described in this page.
 This interface differs from the underlying Linux system call, which does
 .I not