diff --git a/man7/signal.7 b/man7/signal.7
index 064dfa128..a2f238c94 100644
--- a/man7/signal.7
+++ b/man7/signal.7
@@ -717,29 +717,30 @@ when interrupted by a signal handler:
 .\" on interruption by a signal handler.
 .RS 4
 .IP * 2
-Socket interfaces, when a timeout has been set on the socket using
+"Input" socket interfaces, when a timeout
+.RB ( SO_RCVTIMEO )
+has been set on the socket using
 .BR setsockopt (2):
 .BR accept (2),
 .BR recv (2),
 .BR recvfrom (2),
 .BR recvmmsg (2)
-(with a non-NULL
+(also with a non-NULL
 .IR timeout
 argument),
 and
-.BR recvmsg (2),
-if a receive timeout
+.BR recvmsg (2).
+.IP *
+"Output" socket interfaces, when a timeout
 .RB ( SO_RCVTIMEO )
-has been set;
+has been set on the socket using
+.BR setsockopt (2):
 .BR connect (2),
 .BR send (2),
 .BR sendto (2),
 and
 .\" FIXME What about sendmmsg()?
-.BR sendmsg (2),
-if a send timeout
-.RB ( SO_SNDTIMEO )
-has been set.
+.BR sendmsg (2).
 .IP *
 Interfaces used to wait for signals:
 .BR pause (2),
@@ -796,20 +797,24 @@ on other systems.
 The Linux interfaces that display this behavior are:
 .RS 4
 .IP * 2
-Socket interfaces, when a timeout has been set on the socket using
+"Input" socket interfaces, when a timeout
+.RB ( SO_RCVTIMEO )
+has been set on the socket using
 .BR setsockopt (2):
 .BR accept (2),
 .BR recv (2),
 .BR recvfrom (2),
 .BR recvmmsg (2)
-(with a non-NULL
+(also with a non-NULL
 .IR timeout
 argument),
 and
-.BR recvmsg (2),
-if a receive timeout
+.BR recvmsg (2).
+.IP *
+"Output" socket interfaces, when a timeout
 .RB ( SO_RCVTIMEO )
-has been set;
+has been set on the socket using
+.BR setsockopt (2):
 .BR connect (2),
 .BR send (2),
 .BR sendto (2),