diff --git a/man7/packet.7 b/man7/packet.7
index 50858149b..2b1a79aed 100644
--- a/man7/packet.7
+++ b/man7/packet.7
@@ -323,10 +323,11 @@ When a malformed packet is encountered on a transmit ring, the default is to
 set its status to
 .BR TP_STATUS_WRONG_FORMAT
 and abort the transmission immediately (it and following packets are left
-lingering on the ring). However if
+lingering on the ring).
+However, if
 .BR PACKET_LOSS
 is set, malformed packets will be skipped, their status reset to
-.BR TP_STATUS_AVAILABLE
+.BR TP_STATUS_AVAILABLE ,
 and the transmission process continued.
 .TP
 .BR PACKET_RESERVE " (with " PACKET_RX_RING )