diff --git a/man5/locale.5 b/man5/locale.5
index 52ecb8772..a01d13687 100644
--- a/man5/locale.5
+++ b/man5/locale.5
@@ -427,12 +427,12 @@ The following keywords are allowed:
 .\" FIXME 'symbol-equivalence' is not documented
 .TP
 .I collating-element
-.\" FIXME 'collating-element' is not documented
-.\"		(There is a POSIX specifiecation for this keyword)
+followed by the definition of a collating-element symbol
+representing a multicharacter collating element.
 .TP
 .I collating-symbol
-.\" FIXME 'collating-symbol' is not documented
-.\"		(There is a POSIX specifiecation for this keyword)
+followed by the definition of a collating symbol
+that can be used in collation order statements.
 .PP
 The order-definition starts with a line:
 .TP