diff --git a/man2/close_range.2 b/man2/close_range.2
index 5abb73990..f02926bce 100644
--- a/man2/close_range.2
+++ b/man2/close_range.2
@@ -50,11 +50,11 @@ Errors closing a given file descriptor are currently ignored.
 is a bit mask containing 0 or more of the following:
 .TP
 .BR CLOSE_RANGE_CLOEXEC " (since Linux 5.11)"
-sets the file descriptor's close-on-exec flag instead of
-immediately closing the file descriptors.
+Set the close-on-exec flag on the specified file descriptors,
+rather than immediately closing them.
 .TP
 .B CLOSE_RANGE_UNSHARE
-unshares the range of file descriptors from any other processes,
+Unshare the specified file descriptors from any other processes
 before closing them,
 avoiding races with other threads sharing the file descriptor table.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ On success,
 returns 0.
 On error, \-1 is returned and
 .I errno
-is set to indicate the cause of the error.
+is set to indicate the error.
 .SH ERRORS
 .TP
 .B EINVAL
@@ -204,13 +204,13 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
     }
 
     for (int i = 2; i < argc; i++) {
-        if (open(argv[i], O_RDONLY) == -1) {
+        if (open(argv[i], O_RDONLY) == \-1) {
             perror(argv[i]);
             exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
         }
     }
 
-    if (syscall(__NR_close_range, 3, ~0U, 0) == -1) {
+    if (syscall(__NR_close_range, 3, ~0U, 0) == \-1) {
         perror("close_range");
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }