diff --git a/man2/syslog.2 b/man2/syslog.2
index 1641c1285..5053b88f8 100644
--- a/man2/syslog.2
+++ b/man2/syslog.2
@@ -44,15 +44,20 @@ set console_loglevel
 .BI "int klogctl(int " type ", char *" bufp ", int " len );
 .fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-If you need the C library function
+.IR Note :
+Probably, you are looking for the C library function
+.BR syslog (),
+which talks to
+.BR syslogd (8);
+see
+.BR syslog (3)
+for details.
+
+This page describes the kernel
 .BR syslog ()
-(which talks to
-.BR syslogd (8)),
-then look at
-.BR syslog (3).
-The system call of this name is about controlling the kernel
+system call, which is used to control the kernel
 .IR printk ()
-buffer, and the glibc wrapper function is called
+buffer; the glibc wrapper function for the system call is called
 .BR klogctl ().
 .SS The kernel log buffer
 The kernel has a cyclic buffer of length