diff --git a/man2/epoll_ctl.2 b/man2/epoll_ctl.2
index 42a676bb4..3203ba536 100644
--- a/man2/epoll_ctl.2
+++ b/man2/epoll_ctl.2
@@ -292,13 +292,6 @@ or the requested operation
 .I op
 is not supported by this interface.
 .TP
-.B ELOOP
-.I fd
-refers to an epoll instance and this
-.B EPOLL_CTL_ADD
-operation would result in a circular loop of epoll instances
-monitoring one another.
-.TP
 .B EINVAL
 An invalid event type was specified along with
 .B EPOLLEXCLUSIVE
@@ -332,6 +325,13 @@ and
 .I fd
 refers to an epoll instance.
 .TP
+.B ELOOP
+.I fd
+refers to an epoll instance and this
+.B EPOLL_CTL_ADD
+operation would result in a circular loop of epoll instances
+monitoring one another.
+.TP
 .B ENOENT
 .I op
 was