diff --git a/man2/epoll_wait.2 b/man2/epoll_wait.2
index 040aec250..2962ff42f 100644
--- a/man2/epoll_wait.2
+++ b/man2/epoll_wait.2
@@ -40,9 +40,6 @@ system call waits for events on the
 .B epoll
 instance referred to by the file descriptor
 .IR epfd .
-The call waits for a maximum time of
-.I timeout
-milliseconds.
 The memory area pointed to by
 .I events
 will contain the events that will be available for the caller.
@@ -53,6 +50,10 @@ are returned by
 The
 .I maxevents
 argument must be greater than zero.
+
+The call waits for a maximum time of
+.I timeout
+milliseconds.
 Specifying a
 .I timeout
 of \-1 makes
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ equal to zero makes
 .BR epoll_wait ()
 to return immediately even if no events are available
 (return code equal to zero).
+
 The
 .I struct epoll_event
 is defined as :