diff --git a/man7/inotify.7 b/man7/inotify.7
index c69152787..f96fe46cc 100644
--- a/man7/inotify.7
+++ b/man7/inotify.7
@@ -35,17 +35,17 @@ for the directory itself, and for files inside the directory.
 The following system calls are used with this API: 
 .BR inotify_init (),
 .BR inotify_add_watch (),
-.BR read (),
 .BR inotify_rm_watch (),
+.BR read (),
 and 
 .BR close ().
 
 .BR inotify_init (2)
 creates an inotify instance and returns a file descriptor 
-referring to the inotify object.
+referring to the inotify instance.
 
 .BR inotify_add_watch (2)
-manipulates the "watch list" associated with an inotify object.
+manipulates the "watch list" associated with an inotify instance.
 Each item ("watch") in the watch list specifies the pathname of
 a file or directory, 
 along with some set of events that the kernel should monitor for the
@@ -60,8 +60,10 @@ when the watch is created.
 .BR inotify_rm_watch (2)
 removes an item from an inotify watch list.
 
-When all file descriptors referring to an inotify object have been closed,
-the underlying object and its resources are freed for re-use by the kernel;
+When all file descriptors referring to an inotify 
+instance have been closed,
+the underlying object and its resources are 
+freed for re-use by the kernel;
 all associated watches are automatically freed.
 
 To determine what events have occurred, an application
@@ -285,11 +287,6 @@ The required library interfaces were added to glibc in version 2.4.
 .\" but these definitions were added on 17 May 06.
 .SH "CONFORMING TO"
 The inotify API is Linux specific.
-Some other systems provide similar mechanisms, e.g.,
-FreeBSD has 
-.IR kqueue ,
-and Solaris has 
-.IR /dev/poll .
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .BR inotify_add_watch (2),
 .BR inotify_init (2),