diff --git a/man2/memfd_create.2 b/man2/memfd_create.2
index 2d4d8d7b5..77d6b8904 100644
--- a/man2/memfd_create.2
+++ b/man2/memfd_create.2
@@ -113,9 +113,9 @@ Therefore, specifying both
 .B MFD_HUGETLB
 and
 .B MFD_ALLOW_SEALING
-will result in an error
-.RB ( EINVAL )
-being returned.
+in
+.I flags
+is disallowed.
 .TP
 .BR MFD_HUGE_2MB ", " MFD_HUGE_1GB ", " "..."
 Used in conjunction with
@@ -176,6 +176,14 @@ included unknown bits, or
 .I name
 was too long.
 .TP
+.B EINVAL
+Both
+.B MFD_HUGETLB
+and
+.B MFD_ALLOW_SEALING
+were specified in
+.IR flags .
+.TP
 .B EMFILE
 The per-process limit on the number of open file descriptors has been reached.
 .TP