diff --git a/man2/membarrier.2 b/man2/membarrier.2
index 74a973ae8..62fc6db62 100644
--- a/man2/membarrier.2
+++ b/man2/membarrier.2
@@ -136,17 +136,15 @@ and
 .I errno
 is set appropriately.
 
-For a given command, with flags argument set to 0, this system call is
+For a given command, with
+.I flags
+set to 0, this system call is
 guaranteed to always return the same value until reboot.
-Therefore, it
-is sufficient to handle errors in a program or library initialization
-function.
-Further calls with the same parameters will lead to the same
-result.
-Therefore, for flag argument set to 0, error handling is only
-required for the first calls to the
-.BR membarrier ()
-system call in an application.
+Further calls with the same arguments will lead to the same result.
+Therefore, with
+.I flags
+set to 0, error handling is required only for the first call to
+.BR membarrier ().
 
 .SH ERRORS
 .TP