diff --git a/man2/ptrace.2 b/man2/ptrace.2
index 0e7ca0890..51dc78502 100644
--- a/man2/ptrace.2
+++ b/man2/ptrace.2
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 .\" FIXME Linux 3.1 adds PTRACE_SEIZE, PTRACE_INTERRUPT,
 .\"                and PTRACE_LISTEN.
 .\"
-.TH PTRACE 2 2012-03-20 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH PTRACE 2 2012-03-24 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 ptrace \- process trace
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -374,8 +374,8 @@ value such that
   status>>8 == (SIGTRAP | (PTRACE_EVENT_EXEC<<8))
 .fi
 
-If execing thread is not a thread group leader, thread ID
-is reset to thread group leader's ID before this stop.
+If the execing thread is not a thread group leader,
+the thread ID is reset to thread group leader's ID before this stop.
 Since Linux 3.0, the former thread ID can be retrieved with
 .BR PTRACE_GETEVENTMSG .
 .TP