diff --git a/man3/openpty.3 b/man3/openpty.3
index 56c8b4411..9d3dcc236 100644
--- a/man3/openpty.3
+++ b/man3/openpty.3
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ is not NULL, the window size of the slave will be set to the values in
 The
 .BR login_tty ()
 function prepares for a login on the terminal
+referred to by the file descriptor
 .I fd
 (which may be a real terminal device, or the slave of a pseudoterminal as
 returned by
@@ -97,8 +98,8 @@ function combines
 and
 .BR login_tty ()
 to create a new process operating in a pseudoterminal.
-The file
-descriptor of the master side of the pseudoterminal is returned in
+A file descriptor referring to
+master side of the pseudoterminal is returned in
 .IR amaster .
 If
 .I name