diff --git a/man2/pread.2 b/man2/pread.2
index 66c8a5375..de1e951b3 100644
--- a/man2/pread.2
+++ b/man2/pread.2
@@ -77,15 +77,17 @@ The file referenced by
 .I fd
 must be capable of seeking.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
-On success, the number of bytes read or written is returned (zero
-indicates that nothing was written, in the case of
-.BR pwrite (),
-or
-end of file, in the case of
-.BR pread ()),
-or \-1 on error, in which case
+On success,
+.BR pread ()
+returns the number of bytes read
+(a return of zero indicates end of file)
+and
+.BR pwrite ()
+returns the number of bytes written.
+
+On error, \-1 is returned and
 .I errno
-is set to indicate the error.
+is set to indicate the cause of the error.
 .SH ERRORS
 .BR pread ()
 can fail and set