diff --git a/man3/pthread_mutex_consistent.3 b/man3/pthread_mutex_consistent.3
index 77456c458..579a20bd0 100644
--- a/man3/pthread_mutex_consistent.3
+++ b/man3/pthread_mutex_consistent.3
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ from a call to
 On success,
 .IR pthread_mutex_consistent()
 returns 0.
-Otherwise, an error value is returned to indicate the error.
+Otherwise,
+it returns a positive error number to indicate the cause of the error.
 .SH ERRORS
 .TP
 .B EINVAL
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ POSIX.1-2008.
 .BR pthread_mutex_consistent ()
 simply informs the implementation that the state (shared data)
 guarded by the mutex has been restored to a consistent state and that
-normal operations can be performed with the mutex.
+normal operations can now be performed with the mutex.
 It is the application's responsibility to ensure that the
 shared data has been restored to a consistent state before calling
 .BR pthread_mutex_consistent ().