diff --git a/man2/statfs.2 b/man2/statfs.2
index 53cff11ac..80744aa45 100644
--- a/man2/statfs.2
+++ b/man2/statfs.2
@@ -249,12 +249,14 @@ Some systems only have \fI<sys/vfs.h>\fP, other systems also have
 So it seems
 including the former is the best choice.
 
-Between Linux 2.6.38 and Linux 3.2
+Between Linux 2.6.38 and Linux 3.2,
 .\" broken in commit ff0c7d15f9787b7e8c601533c015295cc68329f8
 .\" fixed in commit d70ef97baf048412c395bb5d65791d8fe133a52b
 .BR fstatfs ()
-returned ENOSYS for file descriptor created by
-.BR pipe (2) .
+failed with the error
+.B ENOSYS
+for file descriptors created by
+.BR pipe (2).
 
 LSB has deprecated the library calls
 .BR statfs ()