diff --git a/man2/epoll_wait.2 b/man2/epoll_wait.2
index 9e37f9f0b..040aec250 100644
--- a/man2/epoll_wait.2
+++ b/man2/epoll_wait.2
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" 2007-04-30: mtk, Added description of epoll_pwait()
 .\"
-.TH EPOLL_WAIT 2 2008-04-23 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH EPOLL_WAIT 2 2009-01-17 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 epoll_wait, epoll_pwait \- wait for an I/O event on an epoll file descriptor
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ The
 .BR epoll_wait ()
 system call waits for events on the
 .B epoll
-file descriptor
-.I epfd
-for a maximum time of
+instance referred to by the file descriptor
+.IR epfd .
+The call waits for a maximum time of
 .I timeout
 milliseconds.
 The memory area pointed to by